Connexins and the atrioventricular node

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 297-304

  Temple, Ian P ^a   Inada, Shin ^b   Dobrzynski, Halina ^a   Boyett, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; Atrioventricular node; Compact node; Connexins; Dual pathway electrophysiology; His bundle; Inferior nodal extension; Left nodal extension

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONNEXINS; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY;

EID: 84879464201     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.10.020     Document Type: Article

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