title: The rationale for skeletal-muscle-powered counterpulsation devices: an overview.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Neilson
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Khalafalla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015908:Counterpulsation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004582:Electronics, Medical / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D005221:Fatigue / Q000503:physiopathology; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left