Connexin43 gene transfer reduces ventricular tachycardia susceptibility after myocardial infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1103-1110

  Greener, Ian D ^a   Sasano, Tetsuo ^b   Wan, Xiaoping ^a   Igarashi, Tomonori ^a   Strom, Maria ^a   Rosenbaum, David S ^a   Donahue, J Kevin ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

connexin; gene therapy; myocardial infarction; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOLLOW UP; GENE TRANSFER; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SWINE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC THERAPY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84866100763     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.04.042     Document Type: Article

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