myocardial contraction

Preferred Label : myocardial contraction;

MeSH definition : Contractile activity of the MYOCARDIUM.;

MeSH synonym : contraction, myocardial; contractions, myocardial; myocardial contractions;

Related MeSH term : inotropism, cardiac; heart contractility; Cardiac Inotropism; Cardiac Inotropisms; Inotropisms, Cardiac; Contractilities, Heart; Contractility, Heart; Heart Contractilities;

MeSH 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;

Details

Origin ID

D009200;

UMLS CUI

C0027045;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Contraction force of ventricular muscle [ICHI extension code]
- Contraction force of ventricular muscle [ICHI target]
- Contraction force of ventricular muscles [ICD-11 More detail]
- contraction force of ventricular muscles [ICF N3 Element]
Indexing information
- endocardin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- heart contractility [MeSH concept]
- inotropism, cardiac [MeSH concept]
- myocardial contraction [MeSH concept]
See also
- cardiotonic agents [MeSH Descriptor]
- myocardial stunning [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- myocardium [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Organ or Tissue Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- heart contraction [GO term]

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