Influence of age and low afterload on the stress-velocity relation of the left ventricle

The relation between systolic meridional wall stress (WS) and velocity of circumferential fiber shortening (VcFc) is widely accepted as a preload-independent index of contractility, with a linear relation in most subjects older than 2 y. However, this relation seems to become different in infants an...

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