Conductive bridges in cardiac tissue: a beneficial role or an arrhythmogenic substrate?

Circ Res. 2004 Apr 2;94(6):709-11. doi: 10.1161/01.RES.0000125647.56687.D3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials
  • Animals
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / etiology
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology*
  • Calcium / physiology
  • Cell Communication
  • Connexin 43 / analysis
  • Connexins / analysis
  • Electric Conductivity
  • Fibroblasts / chemistry
  • Fibroblasts / physiology*
  • Fibroblasts / ultrastructure
  • Gap Junction alpha-5 Protein
  • Gap Junctions / physiology
  • Gap Junctions / ultrastructure
  • Heart Conduction System / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Myocardium / ultrastructure*
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / physiology
  • Neural Conduction
  • Rabbits
  • Sinoatrial Node / physiology
  • Sinoatrial Node / ultrastructure

Substances

  • Connexin 43
  • Connexins
  • connexin 45
  • Calcium