Alterations of cross-bridge kinetics in human atrial and ventricular myocardium

Autor: Thorsten Ruf, Jens Lüdemann, Hanjörg Just, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, H. Posival, Christian Holubarsch, Heiner Schulte-Baukloh
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Cardiovascular research. 40(3)
ISSN: 0008-6363
Popis: Condensed abstract: We analyzed actomyosin cross-bridge kinetics in human atrial and ventricular muscle strip preparations by using sinusoidal length changes from 0.1 to 60 Hz. The minimum stiffness frequency was higher in atrial than in ventricular human myocardium and lower in failing than in non-failing left ventricular human myocardium. β-Adrenergic stimulation increased the minimum stiffness frequency by 18±3% ( p
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