Alterations of atrial Ca2+ handling as cause and consequence of atrial fibrillation

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 722-733

  Greiser, Maura ^a,b   Lederer, W Jonathan ^b   Schotten, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Calcium handling; Contractile remodelling arrhythmogenesis; Excitation transcription coupling

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CALCIUM; CALPAIN; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN; VERAPAMIL;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CALCIUM; CELL SIZE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHOSPHORYLATION; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM-CALCIUM EXCHANGER;

EID: 79951929119     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvq389     Document Type: Review

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