Physiologic characteristics of canine skeletal muscle: Implications for timing skeletal muscle cardiac assist devices

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1336-1342

  Letsou, George V ^a   Hogan, James F ^b   Miller III, Charles C ^b   Elefteriades, John A ^b   Francischelli, David ^b   Baldwin, John C ^b   Safi, Hazim J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical School Houston ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART PRELOAD; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; DOGS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034778436     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02994-0     Document Type: Article

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