dc.contributor.author |
Nickerson, David |
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dc.contributor.editor |
Metin Akay |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-09-04T23:41:19Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2006 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
In Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering. Editors: Metin Akay. 1-50. John Wiley and sons Inc, Hoboken 2006 |
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dc.identifier.isbn |
9780471740360 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/7631 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The mature human heart is a four-chambered pump tasked with propelling blood around the body providing nutrients to and removing waste from all the body's tissues, which is achieved through cyclical contraction of the heart's muscle in a very synchronous manner; disruption of this synchrony of contraction is the cause or result of most cardiac dysfunction. Each contraction cycle (or heartbeat) is triggered by an electrical stimulus from the heart's internal pacemaker, which initiates a wave of electrical depolarization that passes through the cardiac muscle causing mechanical contraction. The interaction of the electrical wave driving mechanical contraction and the resulting changes in electrical activation caused by the mechanical contraction of the muscle is described by the term electromechanical coupling. |
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dc.publisher |
John Wiley and sons Inc |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Cardiac electromechanical coupling. |
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dc.type |
Book Item |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1002/9780471740360.ebs1487 |
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pubs.begin-page |
1 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
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pubs.end-page |
4 |
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pubs.place-of-publication |
Hoboken |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.elements-id |
98675 |
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pubs.org-id |
Bioengineering Institute |
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pubs.org-id |
ABI Associates |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2010-09-01 |
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