Heart - Physiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Noninvasive quantification and optimization of acute cell retention by in vivo positron emission tomography after intramyocardial cardiac-derived stem cell delivery.

18 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to quantify acute myocardial retention of cardiac-derived stem cells (CDCs) and evaluate different delivery methods with positron emission tomography (PET). BACKGROUND: Success of stem cell transplantation for ... Read more...

Development and evaluation of a novel solution, Somah, for the procurement and preservation of beating and nonbeating donor hearts for transplantation.

10 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Injury to myocytes, endocardium, and the coronary endothelium during harvesting and storage can compromise outcomes after heart transplantation. Safeguarding of structure and function of cardiomyocytes and endothelium in donor hearts may ... Read more...

Electrocardiographic reference values in whippets.

29 Sep 2009 The aim of this study was to determine the electrocardiographic characteristics of whippets and to compare the results with published reference values for a general dog population. Electrocardiographic parameters from 105 healthy whippets were used ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Heart - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Images in cardiovascular medicine. Functional cardiac phenotypes in zebrafish caldesmon morphants: a digital motion analysis. 25 Oct 2009
• Tracking cell fate with noninvasive imaging. 18 Oct 2009
• Noninvasive quantification and optimization of acute cell retention by in vivo positron emission tomography after intramyocardial cardiac-derived stem cell delivery. 18 Oct 2009
• Development and evaluation of a novel solution, Somah, for the procurement and preservation of beating and nonbeating donor hearts for transplantation. 10 Oct 2009
• Electrocardiographic reference values in whippets. 29 Sep 2009
• Visualizing the beating heart in Drosophila. 26 Sep 2009
• Semi-automated Optical Heartbeat Analysis of small hearts. 14 Sep 2009
• Gene transfer of inducible nitric oxide synthase affords cardioprotection by upregulating heme oxygenase-1 via a nuclear factor-{kappa}B-dependent pathway. 12 Sep 2009
• Constitutive modelling of passive myocardium: a structurally based framework for material characterization. 11 Sep 2009
• The potency of different serotonergic agonists in counteracting opioid evoked cardiorespiratory disturbances. 10 Sep 2009
• A practical approach for the validation of sterility, endotoxin and potency testing of bone marrow mononucleated cells used in cardiac regeneration in compliance with good manufacturing practice. 6 Sep 2009
• Cardiac repolarization and striatal dopamine transporter function are interrelated. 30 Aug 2009
• Cardiac structure and function in humans: a new cardiovascular physiology laboratory. 30 Aug 2009
• Evaluation of a rapid, multiphase MRE sequence in a heart-simulating phantom. 30 Aug 2009
• Cardiac evaluation of clinically healthy captive maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus). 30 Aug 2009
• Cardiogenic oscillation and ventilator autotriggering in brain-dead patients: a case series. 30 Aug 2009
• Strong inference for systems biology. 26 Aug 2009
• Cardio-ankle vascular index as a predictor of cognitive impairment in community-dwelling elderly people: four-year follow-up. 18 Aug 2009
• Optical mapping of Langendorff-perfused rat hearts. 9 Aug 2009
• Nectin-2: an intercalated disc protein that maintains cardiac function in a setting of pressure overload. 8 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Heart'

Definition: The hollow, muscular organ that maintains the circulation of the blood.

Descriptor UI: D006321

Alternative terms: Heart; Hearts;

Related Mesh Headings: Angiocardiography; Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; Ballistocardiography; Cardiotonic Agents; Electrocardiography; Myocardium;

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology; drug effects; embryology; growth & development; innervation; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; virology;

Tree Number: A07.541;

Technical Notes: heart as pump, not tissue (MYOCARDIUM); qualif permitted: /anat /drug eff /embryol (FETAL HEART also exists) /growth /innerv (HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM also exists) /microbiol /parasitol /physiol (see also ATRIAL FUNCTION & VENTRICULAR FUNCTION & their specifics; see also MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION & its specifics) /physiopathol /rad eff /radiogr (do not confuse with ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY) /radionuclide /virol; /blood supply = CORONARY VESSELS but consider also CORONARY CIRCULATION; /drug eff: consider also MYOCARDIAL DEPRESSANTS see ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS & CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; /transpl = HEART TRANSPLANTATION: do not coord with TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS unless particularly discussed; /ultrasonogr = ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY or ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; inotropism: INOTROPISM, CARDIAC see MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION & INOTROPIC AGENTS, POSITIVE CARDIAC are available but see MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION note; chronotropism: see HEART RATE note; DIASTOLE & SYSTOLE are also available; heart-lung prep: index HEART /physiol (probably NIM); Manual 21.48+; carditis = MYOCARDITIS; mural thrombosis: index HEART DIS (IM) + THROMBOSIS (IM)