Sinus node revisited

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-59

  Lau, Dennis H ^a   Roberts Thomson, Kurt C ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Funny current; Paranodal area; Remodeling; Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release; Sinus node

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 43; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE1;

AGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CALCIUM CURRENT; DOWN REGULATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINUS NODE; SINUS NODE DISEASE;

HUMANS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 79951681079     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32834138f4     Document Type: Article

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