Structural and functional evidence for discrete exit pathways that connect the canine sinoatrial node and atria

Circulation Research

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 915-923

  Fedorov, Vadim V ^a   Schuessler, Richard B ^b   Hemphill, Matthew ^a   Ambrosi, Christina M ^a   Chang, Roger ^a   Voloshina, Alexandra S ^a   Brown, Kathy ^a   Hucker, William J ^a   Efimov, Igor R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Optical mapping; Sinoatrial exit block; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIASTOLE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART EXCITATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINUS NODE; SINUS RHYTHM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DOG; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CONNEXIN 43; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; OPTICAL DEVICES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SINOATRIAL NODE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65249100262     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.193193     Document Type: Article

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