1. Remodeling of myocardial sleeve and gap junctions in canine superior vena cava after rapid pacing
- Author
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Sin-Tai Chen, Shih-Huang Lee, Shih Ann Chen, Nicholas J. Severs, Cheng-Ho Tsai, Yu-Shien Ko, Yu-Jun Lai, and Hung-I Yeh
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Vena Cava, Superior ,Adult male ,Physiology ,Arrhythmogenic substrate ,Connexins ,Rapid pacing ,Dogs ,Superior vena cava ,Physiology (medical) ,Internal medicine ,Atrial Fibrillation ,medicine ,Animals ,Myocytes, Cardiac ,Cell Proliferation ,Atrial pacing ,business.industry ,Myocardium ,Cardiac Pacing, Artificial ,Gap junction ,Gap Junctions ,Atrial fibrillation ,medicine.disease ,Cardiology ,Collagen ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
We studied the response of the superior vena cava (SVC) myocardial sleeve to atrial fibrillation (AF). We examined adult male dogs without pacing (N=6) and after rapid atrial pacing (600 bpm) for 2 weeks (P2w; N=5) and 6–8 weeks (P6–8w; N=5). After pacing, the sleeve was increased in thickness (non-paced vs. either paced group, both P
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- 2006