The concept of ventricular mural antagonism has been introduced recently, where the main constrictive forces in the ventricular myocardium are complemented by a dilatory force component. Lunkenheimer and colleagues provide evidence for the radial force underlying this dilatory component, and they highlight its role in healthy and diseased myocardium.
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What Is the Clinical Significance of Ventricular Mural Antagonism?
Submitted by: Claire Vernon
Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx382
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Author(s): Paul P. Lunkenheimer, Peter Niederer, Robert S. Stephenson, Klaus Redmann, Randas V. Batista, Morten Smerup, Robert H. Anderson
