TY - BOOK AU - Katz, Arnold M. TI - Physiology of the heart SN - 9780781755016;0781755018 PY - 2006/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Heart KW - Heart Diseases N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Structure of the heart and cardiac muscle -- Energetics and energy production -- Energy utilization (work and heat) -- The contractile proteins -- The cytoskeleton -- Active state, length-tension relationship, cardiac mechanics -- Excitation-contraction coupling: extracellular and intracellular calcium cycles -- Signal transduction: functional signaling -- Signal transduction: proliferative signaling -- Regulation of cardiac muscle performance: functional and proliferative mechanisms -- The heart as a muscular pump -- The working heart -- Cardiac ion channels -- The cardiac action potential -- The electrocardiogram -- Arrhythmias -- The ischemic heart -- Heart failure ER -