title: Frank-Starling law of the heart and the cellular mechanisms of length-dependent activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and Cardiovascular Sciences Program, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Konhilas
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Irving
authors.forename: Pieter P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: de Tombe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001810:Blood Volume; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000502:physiology*; D013599:Systole
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium