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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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2010
2010
Legal Issues Relevant to Non-heart beating Organ Donation
1986
1986
Evaluation of the accuracy of steady-state krypton-81m method for calculating right ventricular ejection fraction.
The accuracy of a steady-state 81mKr method for calculating the right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) has been examined in… 
1986
1986
Comments on “Quantal Mechanisms in Cardiac Contraction”
T HE phenomenon to which Pollack gives the name "stepwise shortening" (though he claims that similar steps occur also during… 
1985
1985
Molecular mechanisms regulating myocardial glucose oxidation.
In heart muscle regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex activity by reversible phosphorylation is the major… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Transmembrane calcium transport and the activation of cardiac contraction.
It has been known for a century that extracellular Ca2+ ions are needed for triggering contraction in the heart. However, the two… 
1984
1984
Constant mechanical efficiency of contractile machinery of canine left ventricle under different loading and inotropic conditions.
We have recently proposed that the total mechanical energy generated in each cardiac contraction can be quantified by the… 
1982
1982
Participation of the sarcolemma in the control of relaxation of the mammalian heart during perinatal development.
Stereological measurement of cell diameter and cell surface-to-volume ratio (S/V) were compared in fetal, newborn, and adult… 
1981
1981
Relaxing effect of pharmacologic interventions increasing cAMP in rat heart.
The relationship between cAMP and relaxation was studied in the isolated rat heart beating at constant rate and perfused at… 
1968
1968
Cineangiocardiographic observations on the asynchronism of cardiac contraction during ventricular pacing.
Effects of experimental ventricular pacing on ventricular function were studied on 5 anesthetized dogs. The heart was stimulated… 
1965
1965
THE USE OF CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE AS A GUIDE TO VOLUME REPLACEMENT IN SHOCK.
A prompt hemodynamic diagnosis in shock can be made by measuring the central venous pressure and observing the response to…