A mathematical model for active contraction in healthy and failing myocytes and left ventricles.

Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, in particular myocardial dysfunction, which may lead to heart failure eventually. Understanding the electro-mechanics of the heart will help in developing more effective clinical treatments. In this paper, we present a multi-sca...

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Main Authors: Li Cai, Yongheng Wang, Hao Gao, Yiqiang Li, Xiaoyu Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0174834&type=printable
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