2018
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-018-4734-y
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Die antagonistische Funktion des Herzmuskels unterstützt die Autoregulation nach Frank-Starling

Abstract: In the tradition of Harvey and according to Otto Frank the heart muscle structure is arranged in a strictly tangential fashion hence all contractile forces act in the direction of ventricular ejection. In contrast, morphology confirms that the heart consists of a 3-dimensional network of muscle fibers with up to two fifths of the chains of aggregated myocytes deviating from a tangential alignment at variable angles. Accordingly, the myocardial systolic forces contain, in addition to a constrictive also a (albe… Show more

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