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Myocardial Contraction
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contractions heart
, Contraction, Myocardial
, Heart--Contraction
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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 Circulation
heart function
Cardiac Chronotropy
Cardiotonic Agents
Diastole
Heart Contractility
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Cardiac Muscle Contraction
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Piezo1 integration of vascular architecture with physiological force
Jing Li
,
B. Hou
,
+25 authors
D. Beech
Nature
2014
Corpus ID: 4388490
The mechanisms by which physical forces regulate endothelial cells to determine the complexities of vascular structure and…
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Targeted deletion of Dicer in the heart leads to dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure
Jian-Fu Chen
,
E. Murchison
,
+11 authors
Da-Zhi Wang
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2008
Corpus ID: 1669675
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of human morbidity and mortality. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the most common…
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Arrhythmogenic ion-channel remodeling in the heart: heart failure, myocardial infarction, and atrial fibrillation.
S. Nattel
,
A. Maguy
,
Sabrina Le Bouter
,
Y. Yeh
Physiological reviews
2007
Corpus ID: 9419560
Rhythmic and effective cardiac contraction depends on appropriately timed generation and spread of cardiac electrical activity…
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Review
2006
Review
2006
Redox regulation of cardiac calcium channels and transporters.
A. Zima
,
L. Blatter
Cardiovascular research
2006
Corpus ID: 10173892
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Cardiac Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Isoform Regulates Myocardial Contraction and Calcium Handling
C. Sears
,
S. Bryant
,
+6 authors
B. Casadei
Circulation research
2003
Corpus ID: 21795452
Abstract— A neuronal isoform of nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) has recently been located to the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR…
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Review
2002
Review
2002
Calcium signaling: A tale for all seasons
E. Carafoli
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
2002
Corpus ID: 30262726
An experiment performed in London nearly 120 years ago, which by today's standards would be considered unacceptably sloppy…
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Review
2001
Review
2001
The Genetic Basis for Cardiomyopathy from Mutation Identification to Mechanistic Paradigms
J. Seidman
,
C. Seidman
Cell
2001
Corpus ID: 16788126
Review
1993
Review
1993
Pacemaker mechanisms in cardiac tissue.
D. DiFrancesco
Annual review of physiology
1993
Corpus ID: 45344301
The heartbeat is a sign of life, and not surprisingly it has attracted much interest and curiosity since the early stages of…
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Myocardial perfusion-contraction matching. Implications for coronary heart disease and hibernation.
J. Ross
Circulation
1991
Corpus ID: 1664088
Experimental studies demonstrate that short-term regional perfusion-contraction matching, in which the energy demands of regional…
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Ca2+ current is regulated by cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase in mammalian cardiac myocytes.
P. Mery
,
S. Lohmann
,
U. Walter
,
R. Fischmeister
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1991
Corpus ID: 5841671
Regulation of cardiac contraction by neurotransmitters and hormones is often correlated with regulation of the L-type Ca2…
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