Arrhythmogenic consequences of myofibroblastmyocyte coupling

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 242-251

  Nguyen, Thao P ^a   Xie, Yuanfang ^a,c   Garfinkel, Alan ^a,b   Qu, Zhilin ^a   Weiss, James N ^a,b  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Dynamic clamp; Early afterdepolarization; Myofibroblasts; Ventricular myocytes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HYPOKALEMIA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRADYCARDIA; GAP JUNCTIONS; MALE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOFIBROBLASTS; RABBITS;

EID: 84856191694     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr292     Document Type: Article

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