Mimicking the endogenous current of injury improves post-infarct cardiac remodeling

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 521-523

  Lujan, Heidi L ^a   DiCarlo, Stephen E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CURRENT OF INJURY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; WOUND HEALING;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84883759685     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.06.022     Document Type: Article

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