Fibroblast-myocyte connections in the heart

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 461-464

  Kohl, Peter ^a,b   Camelliti, Patrizia ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin; Heterogeneity; Nonmyocyte; Scar

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NANOTUBE;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSOL; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; FIBROBLASTS; HEART; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 84857533145     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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