Cardiac Cytoarchitecture in Health and Disease

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Fig. 1.1 Cardiac cytoarchitecture changes during development and in disease. Schematic representations of an embryonic cardiomyocyte (a) showing its polygonal shape, an adult cardiomyocyte (b), which is rod-shaped and a…

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How Cardiac Cytoarchitecture Can Go Wrong: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy as a Paradigm for Genetic Disease of the Heart

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Fig. 11.1 Schematic drawing of a cardiomyocyte with the localisation of the eight most common sarcomeric HCM disease genes in the thick and thin filament. Additionally, the localisation non-contractile proteins…

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Sarcomeric Signaling

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Fig. 8.1 Schematic structure of a sarcomere. Illustrated proteins are described throughout this chapter. Gray: Z-disc-associated proteins; lilac: proteins involved in mechanotransduction; brown: proteins involved in protein turnover and degradation;…

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Ca2+ Regulation of the Cardiac Thin Filament

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Fig. 5.1 An isolated cardiac myocyte in which sarcomeres are delineated by an antibody staining against α-actinin Several landmarks are readily observable to delineate the sarcomere. The Z line is…

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Basic Principles in Computed Tomography (CT)

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(1) The Lindner Center for Research and Education The Christ Hospital, The Christ Hospital Physicians Ohio Heart and Vascular Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA   KeywordsAttenuation coefficientμAttenuationKeVCT detectorDetector II0 eIncident x…

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Artifacts

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(1) The Lindner Center for Research and Education The Christ Hospital, The Christ Hospital Physicians Ohio Heart and Vascular Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA   KeywordsAttenuation artifactSignal to noise ratioBeam hardening…

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Performance, Interpretation and Reporting

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(1) The Lindner Center for Research and Education The Christ Hospital, The Christ Hospital Physicians Ohio Heart and Vascular Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA   KeywordsALARAAs Low as Reasonably AchievableCCTA laboraroryIntersocietal…

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