title: The positive staircase (force-frequency relationship) and the Frank-Starling mechanism are altered in atrial myocardium of patients in end-stage heart failure transplanted for dilative cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kayhan
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bodem
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Vahl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hagl
mesh_terms: D016275:Atrial Function / Q000502:physiology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium