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Physiology of the heart /

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"Dr. Arnold Katz's internationally acclaimed classic is now in its thoroughly revised Fifth Edition, incorporating the latest molecular biology research and extensively exploring the clinical applications of these findings. In the single authored, expert voice that is this book's uniq...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Katz, Arnold M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, [2011]
Edition:Fifth edition.
Subjects:
Heart > Physiology.
Heart > Pathophysiology.
Heart > physiology.
Heart Diseases > physiopathology.
Table of Contents:
  • Structure of the heart and cardiac muscle
  • Energetics and energy production
  • Energy utilization (work and heat)
  • The contractile proteins
  • The cytoskeleton
  • Active state, length-tension relationship, and cardiac mechanics
  • Excitation-contraction coupling : extracellular and intracellular calcium cycles-- Signal transduction : functional signaling
  • Signal transduction : proliferative signaling
  • Regulation of cardiac muscle performance
  • The heart as a muscular pump
  • The working heart
  • Cardiac ion channels
  • The cardiac action potential
  • The electrocardiogram
  • Arrhythmias
  • The ischemic heart
  • Heart failure