title: Cardiac muscle mechanics in the evaluation of myocardial contractility and pump function: problems, concepts, and directions.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002415:Cats; D004548:Elasticity; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006339:Heart Rate; D008954:Models, Biological; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D016276:Ventricular Function