Cardiac mechanics: Physiological, clinical, and mathematical considerationsRecent studies concerning the basic physiological and biochemical principles underlying cardiac muscle contraction, methods for the assessment of cardiac function in the clinical situation, and mathematical approaches to cardiac mechanics are presented. Some of the topics covered include: cardiac ultrastructure and function in the normal and failing heart, myocardial energetics, clinical applications of angiocardiography, use of echocardiography for evaluating cardiac performance, systolic time intervals in the noninvasive assessment of left ventricular performance in man, evaluation of passive elastic stiffness for the left ventricle and isolated heart muscle, a conceptual model of myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock, application of Huxley's sliding-filament theory to the mechanics of normal and hypertrophied cardiac muscle, and a rheological modeling of the intact left ventricle. Individual items are announced in this issue.
Document ID
19740056876
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Book
Authors
Mirsky, I. (Harvard University; Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; Children's Hospital Medical Center Boston, Mass., United States)
Ghista, D. N. (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)
Sandler, H. (NASA Ames Research Center Biomedical Research Div., Moffett Field; Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., United States)