Comparison between left and right heart function in the isolated biventricular working rat heart

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-19

  Müller Strahl, Gerhard ^a   Hemker, Jan ^b   Zimmer, Heinz Gerd ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contractility; Frank Starling curves; Function curves; Isolated heart; Pump function curves; Time constant of early relaxation; Ventricular mechanics

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART DENERVATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART WORK; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STARLING LAW;

EID: 0036524427     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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