Skip to main content
Log in

Directional non-uniformity of pulsatile intramyocardial pressure

  • Pro Experimentis
  • Published:
Experientia Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Summary

A method using piezoelectric ceramics was newly devised which permitted measurements of intramyocardial pressure. In open-chest dogs, a directional non-uniformity of the intramyocardial pressure was observed, which may be attributable to the variation in the myocardial fibre orientation.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. E. H. Sonnenblick andE. S. Kirk, Cardiology56, 302 (1971/72).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. N. W. Robie andW. H. Newman, J. appl. Physiol.36, 20 (1974).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Koyama, T., Yagi, T., Sasajima, T. et al. Directional non-uniformity of pulsatile intramyocardial pressure. Experientia 32, 1617–1619 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01924486

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01924486

Keywords

Navigation