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Mechanisms of endocardial endothelium modulation of myocardial performance
S U Sys1, L J Andries, T C Gillebert
1Department of Physiology and Medicine, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
The nature of modulation of myocardial performance by the endocardial endothelium (EE) is briefly described. Possible mechanisms of this modulation include a physical barrier effect, the release of various chemical messengers and a transendothelial physicochemical barrier.