M cells in the human heart

Circulation Research

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 815-817

  Antzelevitch, Charles ^a  

^a MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cardiac arrhythmias; Electrophysiology; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GJA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; ACTION POTENTIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CONNEXIN 43; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 77950891253     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.216226     Document Type: Editorial

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