For example, if a patient develops systolic heart failure with a dilated left ... The mitral valve leaflets, annulus, papillary muscles and chordae tendinae must interact properly for the mitral ...

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD ... but normal valves can also be involved. Papillary muscle dysfunction from ischemia, infarction or rupture may occur in patients with coronary artery disease ...

We now find that DOXol is cardioactive, increasing resting stress in isometrically contracting papillary muscles isolated from rabbit heart. Values in the table were measured after the addition of ...