Integration of myofilament response to Ca2+ with cardiac pump regulation and pump dynamics

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Solaro, R John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cardiac function; Cross bridges; Myocytes; Pressure volume relation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXERCISE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PRELOAD; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; SARCOMERE LENGTH;

EID: 0033392923     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advances.1999.277.6.s155     Document Type: Article

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