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Myocardium

Known as: Muscle, Heart, Myocardial Tissue, Muscles, Cardiac 
The muscle tissue of the HEART. It is composed of striated, involuntary muscle cells (MYOCYTES, CARDIAC) connected to form the contractile pump to… 
National Institutes of Health

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Acute rheumatic myocarditisBacterial myocarditisBenign Myocardial NeoplasmBody temperature:Temp:Pt:Myocardium:Qn

Broader (5)

Cardiac wall structureMuscleMuscle, StriatedSkeletal muscle structure

Narrower (1)

Reticular tissue

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Survival and development of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes transplanted into adult myocardium.
Transplantation of neonatal cardiomyocytes is a novel approach for the treatment of heart failure and myocardial infarction, but… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Echocardiographic destruction of albumin microbubbles directs gene delivery to the myocardium.
BACKGROUND The noninvasive, tissue-specific delivery of therapeutic agents to the heart would be a valuable clinical tool. This… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Collagen network of the myocardium: function, structural remodeling and regulatory mechanisms.
A collagen network, composed largely of type I and III fibrillar collagens, is found in the extracellular space of the myocardium… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Ligand-specific activation of HER4/p180erbB4, a fourth member of the epidermal growth factor receptor family.
This report describes the isolation and recombinant expression of a cDNA clone encoding HER4, the fourth member of the human… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Expression of the multidrug resistance gene product (P-glycoprotein) in human normal and tumor tissues.
We have characterized the normal human tissue distribution and tumor expression of the human multidrug resistance gene (MDR1… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
Publisher Summary Ca release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is one of the most important steps in excitation–contraction… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Ruthenium red and violet. II. Fine structural localization in animal tissues
The inorganic dye, ruthenium red, stains extracellular materials in animal tissues which probably are acidic mucopolysaccharides… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
The dependence of calcium efflux from cardiac muscle on temperature and external ion composition
1. Exchangeable Ca in guinea‐pig auricles and ventricular trabeculae of sheep and calf hearts was labelled with 45Ca and the loss… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
Nonuniform Recovery of Excitability in Ventricular Muscle
Recovery of excitability of ventricular muscle was measured at numerous points in exposed dog ventricles at varying distances… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Force-velocity relations in mammalian heart muscle.
Force-velocity relations were studied in the cat papillary muscle. As with skeletal muscle, a characteristic relation has been… 
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