The Titan can help titin: From micro to macro myocardial elasticity

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 153-158

  Ferrazzi, Paolo ^a   Iascone, Maria R ^a   Senni, Michele ^a   Quaini, Eugenio ^b  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b Poliambulanza Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac dysfunction; Heart failure; Myocardial elasticity

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

DIASTOLE; ELASTICITY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART ELASTICITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE MODEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROTEIN KINASES; SHEEP; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33646841987     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000215268.39896.55     Document Type: Review

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