Age-associated alterations of cardiac structure and function in the female F344xBN rat heart

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Fannin, Jacqueline ^a,b   Rice, Kevin M ^a,b   Thulluri, Srininvas ^b   Dornon, Lucy ^a   Arvapalli, Ravi Kumar ^b   Wehner, Paulette ^a   Blough, Eric R ^a,b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arrythmias; Connexin 43; Echocardiography; Female

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC STRUCTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DILATATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RHYTHM; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ANIMAL; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BROWN NORWAY RAT; DISEASE MODEL; FISCHER 344 RAT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84904527904     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-014-9684-6     Document Type: Article

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