17β-estradiol decreases vulnerability to ventricular arrhythmias by preserving Connexin43 protein in infarcted rats

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Connexin 43 100%
• Cardiac Arrhythmias 69%
• Proteins 30%
• arginine methyl ester 25%
• Infarction 25%
• Ligation 18%
• Nitric Oxide 16%
• Connexins 12%
• Anti-Arrhythmia Agents 11%
• Ovariectomy 11%
• Sudden Cardiac Death 11%
• Gonadal Steroid Hormones 11%
• Estrogen Receptors 9%
• Electric Stimulation 9%
• In Vitro Techniques 8%
• Epidemiologic Studies 8%
• Wistar Rats 8%
• Coronary Vessels 8%
• Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction 8%
• Western Blotting 6%
• Mortality 5%