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The Physiological Basis of Starling's Law of the Heart.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Symposium, CIBA Foundation
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
Colección:Novartis Foundation Symposia.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Physiological Basis of Starling's Law of the Heart; Contents; Chairman's introduction; Introduction: the changing face of the length-tension relation; Measurements of structural parameters in cardiac muscle; Discussion; X-ray diffraction studies on cardiac muscle; Discussion; Functional implications of the resting sarcomere length-tension curve in living heart muscle; Discussion; Light diffraction of cardiac muscle: sarcomere motion during contraction; Discussion; Decreased activation in skeletal muscle fibres at short lengths; Discussion; General Discussion I Cross-bridges.
  • Underlying basis of the length-tension relation; Force-velocity relation at different muscle lengths; Tetanized cardiac muscle; Discussion; The force-velocity-length-time interrelation of cardiac mus-cle; Discussion; General Discussion II Force-velocity relations; Starling's law of the heart and the geometry of the ventricle; Discussion; Direct measurement of ten- sion in the intact heart : diastolic volume-systolic pressure-tension relation; Discussion; General Discussion III Sarcomere lengths; Heart function and the length-tension curve; Temperature; Heat production and oxygen consumption.
  • End-diastolic volume and source impedance of the heart; Discussion; Homeometric autoregulation; Discussion; General Discussion IV Consequences of stretching a striated muscle fibre; Shape change; Pericardium; Ventricular exchange of information; Concluding remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index.