Myocardial contractility of the isovolumetrically beating isolated rat heart

Several indexes of myocardial contractility have been proposed to assess ventricular function in the isovolumetrically beating isolated heart. However, the conclusions reached on the basis of these indexes may be influenced by ventricular geometry rather than contractility itself. The objective of t...

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Main Authors: L.M. De Stefano, L.S. Matsubara, B.B. Matsubara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2004-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004001000017