Transmural dispersion of repolarization in failing and nonfailing human ventricle

Circulation Research

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 981-991

  Glukhov, Alexey V ^a   Fedorov, Vadim V ^a   Lou, Qing ^a   Ravikumar, Vinod K ^a   Kalish, Paul W ^a   Schuessler, Richard B ^b   Moazami, Nader ^b   Efimov, Igor R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Heart failure; Optical mapping; Repolarization; Transmural gradient

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GJA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 77950885379     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.204891     Document Type: Article

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