title: Continuous axial contraction wave in the free wall of the guinea pig left ventricle.
abstract: We studied the variation from the simultaneous contraction of the normal left ventricle (LV). The pattern of the contraction along the LV long axes was assessed on the LV free wall on seven guinea pig hearts in situ with ultra fast video system and epicardial markers by means of the latitude and the size of the areas defined by markers. We found that the contraction occurs as a continuous contraction wave from the apex towards the base, which might yield functional adaptation of these two regions to diastolic and systolic function, respectively.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Institute of Physiology, Zaloska 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. borut.kirn@mf.uni-lj.si
authors.forename: Borut
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kirn
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Starc
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006334:Heart Function Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000502:physiology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*; D014741:Video Recording