The physiological basis of Starling's law of the heart.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Conference Name:

Symposium on the Physiological Basis of Starling's Law of the Heart (1973 : London, England)

Series:

Ciba Foundation symposium ; new ser. 24.

Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myocardium--Congresses.

Myocardium.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 298 pages) : illustrations, portrait.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1974.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

Contents:

The changing face of the length-tension relation / B.R. Jewell Measurements of structural parameters in cardiac muscle / Sally G. Page X-ray diffraction studies on cardiac muscle / I. Matsubara, B.M. Millman Functional implications of the resting sarcomere length-tension curve in living heart muscle / S. Winegrad Light diffraction of cardiac muscle : sarcomere motion during contraction / Rashid Nassar, Andres Manring, Edward A. Johnson Decreased activation in skeletal muscle fibres at short lengths / S.R. Taylor Force-velocity relation at different muscle lengths / M.I.M. Noble Tetanized cardiac muscle / Lincoln E. Ford, Robert Forman The force-velocity-length-time interrelation of cardiac muscle / Dirk L. Brutsaert Starling's Law of the Heart and the geometry of the ventricle / I.T. Gabe Direct measurement of tension in the intact heart: diastolic volume-systolic pressure-tension relation / B. Lewartowski, J. Michaeowski, G. SgdekEnd-diastolic volume and source impedance of the heart / G. Elzinga, N. Westerhof Homeometric autoregulation / R.G. Monroe, W.J. Gamble, C.G. Lafarge, S.F. Vatner

Notes:

"Symposium on the Physiological Basis of Starling's Law of the Heart held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 11-13th September 1973"--Participants page.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613693808

9780470720066

0470720069

9781280783418

1280783419

9780470717745

0470717742

OCLC:

797918303