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]
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Cardiac Muscle Contraction

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Real-Time Nonintrusive Monitoring and Prediction of Driver Fatigue
Passively monitoring a driver’s activities constitutes the basis of an automobile safety system that can potentially reduce the… (More)
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2009
Review
2009
eNOS activation by physical forces: from short-term regulation of contraction to chronic remodeling of cardiovascular tissues.
Nitric oxide production in response to flow-dependent shear forces applied on the surface of endothelial cells is a fundamental… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The functional role of longitudinal, circumferential, and radial myocardial deformation for regulating the early impairment of left ventricular contraction and relaxation in patients with…
BACKGROUND Two-dimensional strain imaging allows rapid and accurate analysis of regional left ventricular (LV) systolic and… (More)
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Endogenous hydrogen sulfide regulation of myocardial injury induced by isoproterenol.
Previous work has shown that the endogenous cystathionine gamma-synthase (CSE)/hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) pathway participates in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Cardiac neuronal nitric oxide synthase isoform regulates myocardial contraction and calcium handling.
A neuronal isoform of nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) has recently been located to the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR… (More)
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2003
Review
2003
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:a paradigm for myocardial energy depletion.
Genetic analysis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a mendelian form of cardiac hypertrophy, indicates that the primary defect… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Homogeneity of Cardiac Contraction Despite Physiological Asynchrony of Depolarization: A Model Study
The use of mathematical models combining wave propagation and wall mechanics may provide new insights in the interpretation of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Calmodulin supports both inactivation and facilitation of L-type calcium channels
L-type Ca2+ channels support Ca2+ entry into cells, which triggers cardiac contraction, controls hormone secretion from endocrine… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Phosphorylation switches specific for the cardiac isoform of myosin binding protein-C: a modulator of cardiac contraction?
Cardiac myosin binding protein-C (cardiac MyBP-C, cardiac C protein) belongs to a family of proteins implicated in both… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Myocardial perfusion-contraction matching. Implications for coronary heart disease and hibernation.
Experimental studies demonstrate that short-term regional perfusion-contraction matching, in which the energy demands of regional… (More)
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