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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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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
Luminal Ca2+ Controls Termination and Refractory Behavior of Ca2+-Induced Ca2+ Release in Cardiac Myocytes
Abstract— Despite extensive research, the mechanisms responsible for the graded nature and early termination of Ca2+-induced Ca2… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Cardiac structural and functional abnormalities in adult patients with growth hormone deficiency.
Little information is available on cardiac involvement in GH-deficient adults. Thus, we evaluated cardiac structure and function… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The transient nature of the effect of ischemic preconditioning on myocardial infarct size and ventricular arrhythmia.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Contractility-dependent curvilinearity of end-systolic pressure-volume relations.
The shape of the end-systolic tension-length relationship (ESTLR) changes when contractile state is changed, whereas the end… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Widespread occurrence of avian spectrin in nonerythroid cells
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Comparison of adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinases from rabbit skeletal and bovine heart muscle.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Mechanical Properties of Rat Cardiac Muscle during Experimental Hypertrophy
The mechanical properties of trabecular muscles from the hearts of 77 rats subjected to aortic arch constriction were compared… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Regulation of protein synthesis in heart muscle. I. Effect of amino acid levels on protein synthesis.
Abstract Protein synthesis in heart muscle has been studied in the isolated rat heart perfused with buffer containing glucose and… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
The ischemic zone surrounding acute myocardial infarction. Its morphology as detected by dehydrogenase staining.
Review
1953
Review
1953
Respiratory granules of heart muscle.
Work in a number of laboratories has established that the respiratory activity ofliver and kidney cells resides in the… 
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