Myocardium

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Used for

cardiac muscle, heart muscle, intercalated disc

Broader Terms

heart, muscle

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• The histological appearance of myocardium is therefore completely different from that of skeletal muscle.
• As a measure for perfusion in the myocardium, often the maximum upslope of the intensity-time curve of the myocardium is used.
• Oxygen free radical release in human failing myocardium is associated with increased activity of rac1-GTPase and represents a target for statin treatment.
• 1 Noncompacted ventricular myocardium is characterized by excessively prominent trabecular meshwork and deep intertrabecular recesses.
• The sixth sectionasks whether the hibernating myocardium is different from the stunned myocardium.

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