Exploring the amazing heart: devil in detail, heaven in integration
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Channel: Imperial College London · 2013 · Science & Technology
Scientifically viewed, the heart is a chemically powered, electrically controlled, mechanical pump, but the way in which it performs is nothing short of amazing. Heart structure and function are tightly interrelated in ways that we are still discovering. Cardiac muscle hosts a multitude of complex regulatory mechanisms that allow the heart to perform even after transplantation into another body and multiple feedback mechanisms provide the heart with an astonishing ability to adapt to the body's constantly changing demand in blood circulation. This happens during every heartbeat and roughly a million times during every ten-day period of our life. Given the importance of cardiac activity, it is surprising how many aspects of the heart are still poorly understood. This lecture will show that linking scientific observations of structure and function from sub-cellular scales to the whole body is essential in driving fundamental research and clinical application. Professor Peter Kohl from the National Heart and Lung Institute presents his inaugural lecture. Recorded at Imperial College London on 16 September 2013 For more information please visit http://bit.ly/16bXBTz
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