Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: New insights into disease mechanisms and diagnosis

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 861-864

  Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^a   Asimaki, Angeliki ^a   Huang, Hayden ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Biomechanical behavior; Desmosome; Gap junctions; Plakoglobin

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLAKOGLOBIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DESMOSOME; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; DESMOSOMES; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 74249111125     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/JIM.0b013e3181c5e631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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