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Myocardial Contraction

Known as: contractions heart, Contraction, Myocardial, Heart--Contraction 
The multicellular organismal process in which the heart decreases in volume in a characteristic way to propel blood through the body. [GOC:dph]
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Blood Circulationheart function
Cardiac ChronotropyCardiotonic AgentsDiastoleHeart Contractility

Narrower (1)

Cardiac Muscle Contraction

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The baby shambles
Eight UK doctors have been followed by a camera crew for the past 20 years. Has anyone's life gone to plan? Amy Davis watches the… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Mechanisms of Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Renal transplantation from non-heart beating donors: a promising alternative to enlarge the donor pool.
The aim of this study was to compare the survival and midterm function of kidneys from non-heart beating donors (NHBD) with those… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Rat heart: a site of oxytocin production and action.
We report here that the rat heart is a site of oxytocin (OT) synthesis and release. Oxytocin was detected in all four chambers of… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Seven-year follow-up of coronary artery bypasses performed with and without cardiopulmonary bypass.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Ca2+ current is regulated by cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase in mammalian cardiac myocytes.
Regulation of cardiac contraction by neurotransmitters and hormones is often correlated with regulation of the L-type Ca2… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
When do cerebral emboli appear during open heart operations? A transcranial Doppler study.
Review
1983
Review
1983
Biochemical and physiologic effects of thyroid hormone on cardiac performance.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Diastolic‐Systolic Coronary Flow Differences are Caused by Intramyocardial Pump Action in the Anesthetized Dog
The effect of cardiac contraction on coronary arterial flow has been described in terms of an intramyocardiaJ pump, which… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Phentolamine for vasodilator treatment of severe heart-failure.
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