heart contraction
Sign in to saveAlso known as heart beating, myocardial contraction, GO:0060047
The multicellular organismal process in which the heart decreases in volume in a characteristic way to propel blood through the body.
Research
108,140 papers- Excitation-contraction-relaxation coupling in the normal and failing heart.Heart disease and stroke : a journal for primary care physicians · 1993
- Omecamtiv mecarbil and Mavacamten target the same myosin pocket despite opposite effects in heart contraction.Nature communications · 2024
- Finding New Echocardiographic Parameters for Reverse Cardiac Remodeling: Isovolumic Contraction Velocity in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction and Effect of Sacubitril/Valsartan: the PROVE-HF Study.Journal of cardiac failure · 2024
- Excitation-contraction coupling in heart failure.Hospital practice (Office ed.) · 1991
- Simultaneous imaging of calcium and contraction in the beating heart of zebrafish larvae.Theranostics · 2022
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