Radiofrequency ablation does not induce apoptosis in the rat myocardium

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 449-455

  Dos Santos, Luis F ^a   Antonio, Ednei ^a   Serra, Andrey ^a   Venturini, Gabriela ^a   Okada, Mieko ^a   AraÚjo, Sergio ^a   Tucci, Paulo ^a   De Paola, Angelo ^a   Fenelon, Guilherme ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

apoptosis; arrhythmias; late effects; myocardium; radiofrequency; rats

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; ENZYME ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NECROSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-ASSOCIATED DEATH PROTEIN; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASPASE 3; CATHETER ABLATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84859612560     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03306.x     Document Type: Article

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