Pharmacological enhancement of cardiac gap junction coupling prevents arrhythmias in canine LQT2 model

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 16, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 29-38

  Quan, Xiao Qing ^a,b   Bai, Rong ^a   Lu, Jia Gao ^a   Patel, Chinmay ^b   Liu, Nian ^a   Ruan, Yanfei ^a   Chen, Bo Di ^a   Ruan, Lei ^a   Zhang, Cun Tai ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Main Line Health Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic; Connexin 43; Coupling; Gap junctions; Long QT syndrome; Transmural dispersion of repolarization

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC PEPTIDE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC PEPTIDE 10; CONNEXIN 43; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SOTALOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QT INTERVAL; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; GAP JUNCTIONS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MYOCARDIUM; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SOTALOL; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 72149083277     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: 15435180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15419060903118567     Document Type: Article

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