Myofibroblasts in diseased hearts: New players in cardiac arrhythmias?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 848-856

  Rohr, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cell therapy; Connexin; Ectopic activity; Fibroblast; Fibrosis; Infarction; Myofibroblast; Slow conduction; Structural remodeling

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 65649095952     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.02.038     Document Type: Article

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