Experimental blunt chest trauma-induced myocardial inflammation and alteration of gap-junction protein connexin 43.

Miriam KalbitzElisa Maria AmannBelinda BoschAnnette PalmerAnke SchultzeJochen PressmarBirte WeberMartin WeplerFlorian GebhardHubert SchrezenmeierRolf BrennerMarkus Huber-Lang

Published in: PloS one (2017)

The clinically highly relevant rat model of blast wave-induced blunt chest trauma is associated with cardiac inflammation and structural alterations in cardiac tissue.

Keyphrases

trauma patients
oxidative stress
left ventricular
diabetic rats
high glucose
drug induced
atrial fibrillation