myocardium
IPA: maɪʌkˈɑrdiʌm
noun
- (anatomy, cardiology) The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.
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Examples of "myocardium" in Sentences
- Little is known of the Klfs in the myocardium.
- Endocardial cells begin to form the myocardium.
- Yes, the myocardium is made of skeletal muscle.
- It results in reduced myocardium oxygen consumption.
- As a consequence there may be no changes in the myocardium.
- A cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle (myocardium).
- In both instances, the excitability of the myocardium is increased.
- Morphofunctional changes in the myocardium following sympathectomy.
- Focal sites of necrosis on the myocardium, caused by local ischaemia.
- Straight down between the third and fourth ribs, piercing the myocardium.
- Atrial systole is the contraction of myocardium of the left and right atria.
- The elevation of these substances is related to inflammation of the myocardium.
- He had died from a single knife wound between the third and fourth ribs, which had penetrated his myocardium.
- Since I have coronary artery disease with some loss of myocardium, I'd have less safety margin if this drug were prescribed.
- The secondary toxicity of TCE, and perhaps the most life-threatening, is its ability to sensitize the myocardium to catecholamines.
- The heart is almost entirely muscle, the myocardium, and is strong enough to lift approximately 3,000 pounds, close to the weight of a compact car.
- Subsequent studies have shown that the cause of death appears to be ventricular fibrillation due to direct sensitization of the myocardium to endogenous circulating catecholamines.
- It also protects skin from wrinkles and black spots and prevents such geriatric diseases as cerebral haemorrhage, myocardium and brain infarction by removing acid effete matters in time.
- The potential for CNS depression, respiratory depression, and the ability of this agent to sensitize the myocardium to the arrhythmogenic effects of catecholamines are the major toxicities of TCE poisoning.
- Indeed, although heart can stand some degree of hypoxia, this situation is incompatible with its normal bioenergetic function, and ischemic heart disease with compromised oxygen supply to the myocardium is a common cause of heart failure This idea is clearly illustrated in the present study by the concomitant severe decrease in contractile activity and PCr concentration measured in Control hearts perfused under low oxygen conditions compared with previously reported values