This book presents detailed descriptions of how to set up and use several classical cardiac preparations from scratch, including whole heart, atrial, ventricular, and papillary muscles and in vivo small animal preparations. It describes methods for monitoring contraction and contractility.

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada.

Chapter 1. The Langendorff Heart /Ahmad B . Fawzi -- Chapter 2 . The Working Rat Heart Preparation /Robert L Rodgers -- Chapter 3 . Isolated Papillary Muscle Preparation /Joseph M. Capasso -- Chapter 4 . Isolated Atrial Preparations /M .K. Pugsley, E.S. Hayes, and M.J.A. Walker -- Chapter 5. In Vivo Cardiac Measurements in the Conscious Rat /Tony H ebden -- Chapter 6 . The Isolated, C oronary-Perfused, Right Ventricular Wall Preparation /Thane G. Maddaford , Hamid Massaeli, and Grant N. Pierce -- Index.