Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: From autopsy to genes and transgenic mice (SCVP Achievement Award Lecture, San Antonio, TX, February 27, 2011)

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 229-239

  Thiene, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy; Autopsy; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DESMOPLAKIN;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMOGENIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; AUTOPSY; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; DESMOSOME; DESMOSOME DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FRANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; REVIEW; SPORT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NECROSIS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84863719291     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: 18791336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2011.09.012     Document Type: Review

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