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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… 
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Broader (5)

Cardiac wall structureMuscleMuscle, StriatedSkeletal muscle structure

Narrower (1)

Reticular tissue

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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The transient nature of the effect of ischemic preconditioning on myocardial infarct size and ventricular arrhythmia.
Review
1985
Review
1985
Beta-adrenergic function in heart muscle disease and heart failure.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Ca2+ ions can affect intracellular pH in mammalian cardiac muscle
Although intracellular pH (pHi) has important effects on both the mechanical and electrical properties of cardiac muscle1–3, the… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The interaction of [3H]nitrendipine with receptors for calcium antagonists in the cerebral cortex and heart of rats.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Guanine nucleotides modulate muscarinic receptor binding in the heart.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Coronary arteriography; method of presentation of the arteriogram report and a scoring system.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Maximum Velocity as an Index of Contractility in Cardiac Muscle: A CRITICAL EVALUATION
The use of maximum velocity of shortening (Vmax) as an index of contractility has been based on the assumption that Vmax of… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Purification and properties of a highly active ouabain-sensitive Na+, K+-dependent adenosinetriphosphatase from cardiac tissue.
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
THE ISOLATION AND PROPERTIES OF CARDIAC RIBOSOMES AND POLYSOMES.
1. A method is described by which good yields of ribosomes and polysomes free of contamination by submitochondrial fragments can… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
GENETIC EVIDENCE FOR THE SUBUNIT STRUCTURE OF LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ISOZYMES.
The lactate dehydrogenases commonly occur in from one to five molecular forms (isozymes) in the various tissues of an animal… 
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