Aged atria: Electrical remodeling conducive to atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-18

  Dun, Wen ^a   Boyden, Penelope A ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Atria; Atrial fibrillation; Calcium; Ion channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; ION CHANNEL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CORONARY SINUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; SODIUM CURRENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 64449084087     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9358-3     Document Type: Article

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