Regulation of myocardial function in health and critical illness.
The function of the human heart relies on the complex interplay of preload, afterload, and contractility. Alterations of all three variables occur in disease states. New developments in monitoring allow assessment of cardiac function at the bedside and contribute to patient care.
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000502:physiology; D002302:Cardiac Output; D003422:Critical Care; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009210:Myofibrils / Q000502:physiology; D013318:Stroke Volume
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate