| Descriptor English: | Myocardial Contraction | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Contracción Miocárdica
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Contração Miocárdica | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Contraction myocardique | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Cardiac Inotropism Cardiac Inotropisms Contractilities, Heart Contractility, Heart Contraction, Myocardial Contractions, Myocardial Heart Contractilities Heart Contractility Inotropism, Cardiac Inotropisms, Cardiac Myocardial Contractions |
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| Tree number(s): |
G09.330.580 G11.427.494.570 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009200 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Contractile activity of the MYOCARDIUM. |
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| Annotation: | inotropic action of drugs = MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION /drug eff (IM) + drug with /pharmacol (IM) + STIMULATION, CHEMICAL (NIM) for positive inotropic action & DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL (NIM) for negative but note that INOTROPIC AGENTS, POSITIVE CARDIAC see CARDIOTONIC AGENTS is available; for chronotropic action see note on HEART RATE; relaxation of cardiac muscle: DIASTOLE, do not add MUSCLE RELAXATION |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
DE drug effects GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Heart (1966-1974) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 75 |
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| History Note: | 75 |
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| Related: |
Cardiotonic Agents
MeSH Myocardial Stunning MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 9392 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D009200 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WG 280 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1975/09/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1974/11/11 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2016/06/23 |
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Myocardial Contraction
- Preferred
Inotropism, Cardiac
- Related but not broader or narrower
Heart Contractility
- Related but not broader or narrower
| Concept UI |
M0014335 |
| Scope note | Contractile activity of the MYOCARDIUM. |
| Preferred term | Myocardial Contraction |
| Entry term(s) |
Contraction, Myocardial Contractions, Myocardial Myocardial Contractions |
| Concept UI |
M0448186 |
| Scope note | The quality of affecting MYOCARDIUM contractility, positively or negatively. |
| Preferred term | Inotropism, Cardiac |
| Entry term(s) |
Cardiac Inotropism Cardiac Inotropisms Inotropisms, Cardiac |
| Concept UI |
M0448187 |
| Preferred term | Heart Contractility |
| Entry term(s) |
Contractilities, Heart Contractility, Heart Heart Contractilities |
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