This preclinical study demonstrates that cardiac fibers adapt cross-bridge recruitment to loading conditions, supporting a cooperativity mechanism in force-length regulation.
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Preclinical findings only; leaves open whether length-dependent hysteresis translates to human myocardium or therapeutic targets.
Levy et al. (2004) studied this question.
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