Susceptibility to arrhythmia in the infarcted heart depends on myofibroblast density

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1307-1315

  McDowell, Kathleen S ^a   Arevalo, Hermenegild J ^a   Maleckar, Mary M ^b   Trayanova, Natalia A ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CELL COUNT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SCAR; STEREOCILIUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CELL COUNT; CICATRIX; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOFIBROBLASTS; RABBITS; STEREOCILIA;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 80053110376     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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