Biomechanics of cardiac electromechanical coupling and mechanoelectric feedback

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Pfeiffer, Emily R ^a   Tangney, Jared R ^a   Omens, Jeffrey H ^a   McCulloch, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING; INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; MECHANICAL CONTRACTION; MECHANICAL PROCESS; MECHANO-ELECTRIC FEEDBACK; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS;

CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MECHANISMS;

HEART;

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; BAINBRIDGE RESPONSE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARDIAC ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMMOTIO CORDIS; ENGINEERED CARDIAC TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART EXCITATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; MECHANOELECTRIC FEEDBACK; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PURKINJE FIBER; QT INTERVAL; SINUS NODE; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VENOUS RETURN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 84896786656     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4026221     Document Type: Article

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