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Cardiac mechano-electric coupling and arrhythmias /
Ranging from stretch-activated ion channels to mechanically induced arrhythmias and mechanical interventions for heart rhythm correction, this new edition offers a thoroughly reviewed compendium of chapters, written by the top-experts in the world on the mechanism and consequences of cardiac mechano...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Basic science, section I: sub-cellular mechanisms of cardiac mechano-electric coupling
- Evolutionary origins of stretch-activated ion channels
- Stretch-activated channels in the heart
- The mechano-gated K2P channel TREK-1 in the cardiovascular system
- Cell volume-sensitive ion channels and transporters in cardiac myocytes
- The response of cardiac muscle to stretch: calcium and force
- Stretch effects on second messengers
- Functional implications of myocyte architecture
- Mechanical modulation of pacemaker electrophysiology
- Mechano-electric coupling in working cardiomyocytes: diastolic and systolic effects
- Mechano-sensitivity of pulmonary vein cells: implications for atrial arrhythmogenesis
- Heterogeneity of sarcomere length and function as a cause of arrhythmogenic calcium waves
- Cellular mechanisms of arrhythmogenic cardiac alternans
- Remodeling of gap junctions in ventricular myocardium: effects of cell-to-cell adhesion, mediators of hypertrophy and mechanical forces
- The origin of fibroblasts, ECM and potential contributions to cardiac mechano-electric coupling
- Advantages and pitfalls of cell cultures as model systems to study cardiac mechanoelectric coupling
- Activation sequence of cardiac muscle in simplified experimental models: relevance for cardiac mechano electric coupling
- Acute stretch effects on atrial electro-physiology
- Stretch effects on potassium accumulation and alternans in pathological myocardium
- The effects of wall stretch on ventricular conduction and refractoriness in the whole heart
- Mechanical triggers of long-term ventricular electrical remodeling
- Mechanisms of mechanical pre- and postconditioning
- Mechano-electric coupling in chronic atrial fibrillation
- Mechanically induced pulmonary vein ectopy
- insight from animal models
- Regional variation in mechano-electric coupling: the right ventricle
- Mechanical induction of arrhythmia in the ex-situ heart: insight into commotio cordis
- Arrhythmias in murine models of the mechanically impaired heart
- Studying cardiac mechano-sensitivity in man
- Mathematical models of cardiac structure and function: mechanistic insights from models of heart failure
- Mathematical models of human atrial mechano-electrical coupling and arrhythmias
- Mathematical models of ventricular mechano-electric coupling and arrhythmia
- Load dependence of ventricular repolarisation
- Is the U wave in the electrocardiogram a mechanoelectrical phenomenon?
- Mechanical modulation of cardiac function: role of the pericardium
- Mechanically-induced electrical remodelling in human atrium
- Drug effects and atrial fibrillation: potential and limitations
- Stretch as a mechanism linking short- and long-term electrical remodeling in the ventricles.
- Volume and pressure overload and ventricular arrhythmogenesis
- Stretch effects on fibrillation dynamics
- Commotio cordis: sudden death from blows to the chest wall
- Repolarization changes in the synchronously and dys-synchronously contracting failing heart
- Ventricular arrhythmias in heart failure: link to hemodynamic load
- Mechanical heterogeneity and aftercontractions as trigger of torsades des pointes
- Stretch-induced arrhythmias in ischaemia
- Antiarrhythmic effects of acute mechanical stimulation
- Termination of arrhythmias by haemodynamic unloading
- Mechanical modulation of defibrillation and resuscitation efficacy
- Anti- and pro-arrhythmic effects of cardiac assist device implantation
- Anti- and pro-arrhythmic effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy
- Evidence for mechano-electric coupling from clinical trials on AF
- Evidence for mechano-electric coupling from clinical trials in heart failure
- Mechano-electrical coupling and the pathogenesis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
- Evidence for mechano-electric coupling from clinical trials on cardiac resynchronization therapy
- Mechano-electric coupling in patients treated with ventricular assist devices: insights from individual cases and clinical trials
- Measuring strain of structural proteins in vivo in real time
- Roles of SAC beyond M-E transaction
- Distributions of myocyte stress, strain and work in normal and infarcted ventricles
- Evolving concepts in measuring ventricular strain in the canine and human hearts: non-invasive imaging
- Evolving concepts in measuring ventricular strain in the human heart: impedance measurements
- Mechanosensitive channel blockers: a new class of antiarrhythmic drugs?