Triggered firing and atrial fibrillation in transgenic mice with selective atrial fibrosis induced by over expression of TGF-β1

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1354-1362

  Choi, Eue Keun ^a,d   Chang, Po Cheng ^a   Lee, Young Soo ^a   Lin, Shien Fong ^a   Zhu, Wuqiang ^b   Maruyama, Mitsunori ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^c   Chen, Zhenhui ^a   von der Rubart Lohe, Michael ^b   Field, Loren J ^b   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Optical mapping; Transgenic mice models

Indexed keywords

CALSEQUESTRIN; RYANODINE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; THAPSIGARGIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRASYSTOLE; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINUS NODE MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SPIKE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84861619070     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-1301     Document Type: Article

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