Ventricular tachycardia from the healed myocardial infarction scar: Validation of an animal model and utility of gene therapy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Sasano, Tetsuo ^a   Kelemen, Kamilla ^a   Greener, Ian D ^a   Donahue, J Kevin ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Gene transfer gene therapy; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; GUANINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN KCNH2; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG SAFETY; GENE TRANSFER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; KCNH2 TRANSGENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCAR FORMATION; TRANSGENE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CICATRIX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SWINE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 67651094091     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.03.048     Document Type: Article

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