Slow conduction and gap junction remodeling in murine ventricle after chronic alcohol ingestion

Slow conduction and gap junction remodeling in murine ventricle after chronic alcohol ingestion

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Long-term heavy alcohol drinkers are prone to the development of cardiac arrhythmia. To understand the mechanisms, we evaluated the cardiac structural and electrophysiological changes in mice chronically drinking excessive alcohol.&l...

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Main Authors: Tsai Cheng-Ho, Lin Cheng-I, Ko Yu-Shien, Tseng Ya-Ming, Hong Ray-Ching, Hung Chung-Lieh, Lai Yu-Jun, Yeh Hung-I
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Science
Subjects:
alcohol
arrhythmia
remodeling
gap junctions
optical mapping
Online Access:http://www.jbiomedsci.com/content/18/1/72

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