Validation of different methods to compare isovolumic cardiac function in isolated hearts of varying sizes

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 41-1, 1997, Pages

  Strömer, Hinrik ^a   Cittadini, Antonio ^a   Szymanska, Grazyna ^a   Apstein, Carl S ^b   Morgan, James P ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac growth; Langendorff heart; left ventricular hypertrophy; normalization for volume

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031013362     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.1.h501     Document Type: Article

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