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Right Ventricular Sarcomere Contractile Depression and the Role of Thick Filament Activation in Human Heart Failure With Pulmonary Hypertension.

Vivek P JaniM Imran AslamAxel J FenwickWeikang MaHenry GongGregory N MilburnDevin NissenIlton M Cubero SalazarOlivia HanselmanMonica MukherjeeMarc K HalushkaKenneth B MarguliesKenneth S CampbellThomas C IrvingDavid A KassSteven Hsu
Published in: Circulation (2023)
Although there are many RV myocyte contractile deficits in HFrEF-PH, commonly used clinical indices only detect reduced isometric calcium-stimulated force, which is related to deficits in basal and recruitable %DRX myosin. Our results support use of therapies to increase %DRX and enhance length-dependent recruitment of DRX myosin heads in such patients.
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