Targets for therapy in sarcomeric cardiomyopathies

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 457-470

  Tardiff, Jil C ^a   Carrier, Lucie ^b,c   Bers, Donald M ^d   Poggesi, Corrado ^e   Ferrantini, Cecilia ^e   Coppini, Raffaele ^e   Maier, Lars S ^f   Ashrafian, Houman ^g   Huke, Sabine ^h   Van Der Velden, Jolanda ^i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Energetics and microvasculature; Gene therapy; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Ion channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ION CHANNEL; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; GENETIC MARKER;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL FUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THIN FILAMENT; VASCULAR DISEASE; ANIMAL; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DRUG EFFECTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SARCOMERES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84926655338     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvv023     Document Type: Review

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