Slow contractions characterize failing rat hearts

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 328-344

  Bøkenes, Janny ^a,b   Aronsen, Jan Magnus ^a,b   Birkeland, Jon Arne ^a,b   Henriksen, Unni Lie ^a,b   Louch, William E ^a,b   Sjaastad, Ivar ^a,b   Sejersted, Ole M ^a,b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cell shortening; Membrane potential; Time to peak contraction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DP-DT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYSTOLE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SYSTOLE;

EID: 46149117254     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00395-008-0719-y     Document Type: Article

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