Assessment of longitudinal myocardial stiffness is not enough to evaluate diastolic function: what is the relevance of the stiffness of cardiomyocytes in the transverse direction?

Circ J. 2013;77(3):608-9. doi: 10.1253/circj.cj-13-0061. Epub 2013 Feb 1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Actins / metabolism*
  • Adrenergic beta-Agonists / adverse effects*
  • Animals
  • Cardiomegaly / chemically induced*
  • Elasticity / physiology*
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / chemically induced*
  • Male
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / pathology*
  • Myosins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Actins
  • Adrenergic beta-Agonists
  • Myosins