Physiology of the heart
By: Arnold M. Katz.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 644
Subjects: Heart -- Physiology; Heart -- Pathophysiology; Heart -- physiology; Heart Diseases -- physiopathology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Structure of the heart and cardiac muscle; title: Energetics and energy production; title: Energy utilization (work and heat); title: The contractile proteins; title: The cytoskeleton; title: Active state, length-tension relationship, cardiac mechanics; title: Excitation-contraction coupling; title: Signal transduction: functional signaling; title: Signal transduction: proliferative signaling; title: Regulation of cardiac muscle performance; title: The heart as a muscular pump; title: The working heart; title: Cardiac ion channels; title: The cardiac action potential; title: The electrocardiogram; title: Arrhythmias; title: The ischemic heart; title: Heart failure.