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SUBMITTER: Blair CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7452203 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blair Cheavar A CA Brundage Elizabeth A EA Thompson Katherine L KL Stromberg Arnold A Guglin Maya M Biesiadecki Brandon J BJ Campbell Kenneth S KS
JACC. Basic to translational science 20200722 8
This study measured how heart failure affects the contractile properties of the human myocardium from the left and right ventricles. The data showed that maximum force and maximum power were reduced by approximately 30% in multicellular preparations from both ventricles, possibly because of ventricular remodeling (e.g., cellular disarray and/or excess fibrosis). Heart failure increased the calcium (Ca<sup>2+</sup>) sensitivity of contraction in both ventricles, but the effect was bigger in right ...[more]