Gap junctions, slow conduction, and ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1111-1113

  Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^a   Kléber, André G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

connexin; gene therapy; myocardial infarction; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CONNEXIN 43;

DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROGRAPHY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE TRANSFER; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

EID: 84866095039     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.05.020     Document Type: Editorial

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