Oxidative stress, fibrosis, and early afterdepolarization-mediated cardiac arrhythmias

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 FEB, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Karagueuzian, Hrayr S ^a   Nguyen, Thao P ^a   Qu, Zhilin ^a   Weiss, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation analysis; Calcium window current; Early afterdepolarization; Fibrosis; Oxidative stress; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIN 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DOWN REGULATION; EARLY AFTERDEPOLARIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE COUPLING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 84884174839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00019     Document Type: Review

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