Is NOS uncoupling the missing link between atrial fibrillation and chronic non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy? Reply

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 557-558

  Nishijima, Yoshinori ^a   Sridhar, Arun ^a   Zweier, Jay L ^b   Cardounel, Arturo J ^b   Carnes, Cynthia A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 79960773257     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr178     Document Type: Letter

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