Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and abnormalities of cell-to-cell coupling

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy; Desmosome; Gap junction

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARRHYTHMOGENIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEATH; DESMOSOME; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SUDDEN DEATH;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; DESMOSOMES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 67651087158     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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