BACKGROUND: A long-standing hypothesis has been that hypertrophy is compensatory and by normalizing wall stress acts to maintain normal cardiac function.
But Dr. Reiner said he "did not characterize him as having normal cardiac function".
It was found that normal cardiac function required a normal level of ionized calcium.
Background A 56-year-old man with normal cardiac function received treatment with interferon α-2b for malignant melanoma.
Presumably, patients with normal cardiac function (for example, arthritis sufferers) tolerate the reductions in TPR resulting from anti-TNF therapy.
The runners (41 men, 19 women) had normal cardiac function before the marathon, with no signs of troponin in their blood.
In the statement, the Houston surgeon, Dr. Denton A. Cooley, said, "In a recent checkup by Dr. Reiner, he declared that Mr. Cheney is in good health with normal cardiac function".
Ongoing studies in genetically engineered mice are revealing insights into the role of individual gap junction channel proteins in normal cardiac function and arrhythmogenesis.
ND [129] DN-Mst1 Tg (αMHC) Normal cardiac function.
Increased [125] Lats1/2 cKO (αMHC-MCM) Normal cardiac function.
Reduced [122],[123] Sav1 cKO (αMHC-MCM) Normal cardiac function.
