Connexin43 behaviour in cardiac myocytes exposed to ischaemia and hypoxia

In coronary heart disease, the blood supply to the myocardium is insufficient for its needs and leads to cardiac ischaemia, which is often accompanied by the onset of lethal cardiac arrhythmias. Electrical communication between cardiac myocytes occurs across gap junctions located in intercalated dis...

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Main Author: Clarke, Thomas
Published: Cardiff University 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.584136