Frank's law of the heart: Found in translation

J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2018 Aug:121:33-35. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2018.06.003. Epub 2018 Jun 15.

Authors

Pieter P de Tombe¹, John V Tyberg²

Affiliations

¹ Magdi Yacoub Institute, Harefield, United Kingdom; University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA; Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany; Imperial College London, London, UK. Electronic address: pdetombe@uic.edu.
² Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.

PMID: 29908919
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2018.06.003

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac sarcomere; Contractile biology; Frank-Starling law of the heart; Myofilament length dependent activation.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Heart / physiopathology*
Humans
Myocardial Contraction*
Myofibrils / pathology*
Myofibrils / physiology
Sarcomeres / pathology
Sarcomeres / physiology*