Anti-Arrhythmic Effect of Verapamil Is Accompanied by Preservation of Cx43 Protein in Rat Heart

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Peng ^a   Zhang, Shu Miao ^b   Wang, Qiu Lin ^a   Wu, Qi ^a   Chen, Mai ^c   Pei, Jian Ming ^a,b  

^a CHENGDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 43; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EX VIVO STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 84881537169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071567     Document Type: Article

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