Heart

Description

A hollow muscular organ of vertebrate animals that by its rhythmic contraction acts as a force pump maintaining the circulation of the blood [Source: Brenda].

Structure

Changes associated with this tissue

Due to the potentially large amount of high-throughput molecular changes these have been excluded below. You can view the full list of 40 changes through the filter results page.

Physiological (12) View on results page

Cardiac index decreased Cellular hypertrophy in left ventricular wall Diminution in the resting cardiac output Facets of heart physiology altered during exercise Heart physiology measurements unchanged Heart physiology parameters altered Lipofuscin increases Maximum workload in response to exercise stress decreases Mutations in mitochondrial DNA accumulate Renewal rate of cardiomyocytes decreases with age Response to beta-adrenergic stimulation decreased Wall increases in thickness

Pathological (17) View on results page

Acute myocardial infarction Acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart diseases Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Coronary artery disease incidence increases Coronary heart disease (Female) Coronary heart disease (Male) Diseases of heart Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease Heart attack (Female) Heart attack (Male) Heart disease (Female) Heart disease (Male) Heart failure Hypertensive heart and renal disease Hypertensive heart disease Ischemic heart disease Other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease