Congestive Heart Failure Leads to Prolongation of the PR Interval and Atrioventricular Junction Enlargement and Ion Channel Remodelling in the Rabbit.

Heart failure is a major killer worldwide. Atrioventricular conduction block is common in heart failure; it is associated with worse outcomes and can lead to syncope and bradycardic death. We examine the effect of heart failure on anatomical and ion channel remodelling in the rabbit atrioventricular...

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Main Authors: Theodora Nikolaidou, Xue J Cai, Robert S Stephenson, Joseph Yanni, Tristan Lowe, Andrew J Atkinson, Caroline B Jones, Rida Sardar, Antonio F Corno, Halina Dobrzynski, Philip J Withers, Jonathan C Jarvis, George Hart, Mark R Boyett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4624927?pdf=render