Heart
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Real-time myocardial perfusion contrast echocardiography and regional wall motion abnormalities after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical article.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECT: The pathophysiology of myocardial dysfunction after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remains unclear. Using myocardial real-time perfusion contrast echocardiography (RTP-CE), the authors evaluated microvascular function in patients with acute ... Read more...

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...

Generation of functional ventricular heart muscle from mouse ventricular progenitor cells.

14 Oct 2009 The mammalian heart is formed from distinct sets of first and second heart field (FHF and SHF, respectively) progenitors. Although multipotent progenitors have previously been shown to give rise to cardiomyocytes, smooth muscle, and endothelial ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Heart'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Real-time myocardial perfusion contrast echocardiography and regional wall motion abnormalities after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical article. 30 Oct 2009
• Images in clinical medicine. A swinging heart. 27 Oct 2009
• Radiation dose-reduction program for cardiac computed tomography angiography. 26 Oct 2009
• Images in cardiovascular medicine. Functional cardiac phenotypes in zebrafish caldesmon morphants: a digital motion analysis. 25 Oct 2009
• The ECG in diabetes mellitus. 18 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
• Generation of functional ventricular heart muscle from mouse ventricular progenitor cells. 14 Oct 2009
• [Structure of the meeting of the german radiological society and scientific discourse pertaining to radiation dose and dose reduction: an analysis of 1998 - 2008] 12 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
• Major depression and coronary flow reserve detected by positron emission tomography. 10 Oct 2009
• Motif-blind, genome-wide discovery of cis-regulatory modules in Drosophila and mouse. 29 Sep 2009
• Myocardial perfusion, function, and dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure: baseline results from the single-photon emission computed tomography imaging ancillary study of the Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION) Trial. 29 Sep 2009
• New York Heart Association functional class predicts exercise parameters in the current era. 29 Sep 2009
• Electrocardiographic reference values in whippets. 29 Sep 2009
• Visualizing the beating heart in Drosophila. 26 Sep 2009
• IL-18 binding protein-expressing mesenchymal stem cells improve myocardial protection after ischemia or infarction. 23 Sep 2009
• Pathways to embryonic heart failure. 16 Sep 2009
• Semi-automated Optical Heartbeat Analysis of small hearts. 14 Sep 2009
• Peripheral nociception associated with surgical incision elicits remote nonischemic cardioprotection via neurogenic activation of protein kinase C signaling. 13 Sep 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)