Frank-Starling relationship: Long on importance, short on mechanism

Circulation Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-13

  Moss, Richard L ^a   Fitzsimons, Daniel P ^a  

^a Dept of Physiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ sensitivity; Frank Starling relationship; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ELASTIN; SODIUM ION;

CALCIUM CURRENT; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SHORT SURVEY; SINUS NODE; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; STARLING LAW; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0037059562     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/res.90.1.11     Document Type: Short Survey

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