Perspectives — biological pacing, a clinical reality?

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 479-483

  Morris, Gwilym M ^a   Boyett, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic science; Biopacemaking; Bradycardia; Heart block; Pacemakers; Pacing; Sick sinus

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED 2 CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CELL BASED GENE THERAPY; CHRONOTROPISM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; STEM CELL GENE THERAPY; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRAL GENE THERAPY;

ANIMALS; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 75149150772     PISSN: 17539447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753944709345792     Document Type: Review

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