The thick left ventricular wall of the giraffe heart normalises wall tension, but limits stroke volume and cardiac output

Morten Smerup; Mads Damkjær; Emil Brøndum; Ulrik Baandrup; Steen Buus Kristiansen; Hans Nygaard; Christian Aalkjær; Cathrine Sauer; Rasmus Buchanan; Mads F. Bertelsen; Kristine Hovkjær Østergaard; Carsten Grøndahl; Geoffrey Candy; J. Michael Hasenkam; Niels H. Secher; Peter Bie; Tobias Wang

Morten Smerup, Mads Damkjær, Emil Brøndum, Ulrik Baandrup, Steen Buus Kristiansen, Hans Nygaard, Christian Aalkjær, Cathrine Sauer, Rasmus Buchanan, Mads F. Bertelsen, Kristine Hovkjær Østergaard, Carsten Grøndahl, Geoffrey Candy, J. Michael Hasenkam, Niels H. Secher, Peter Bie, Tobias Wang (2015). The thick left ventricular wall of the giraffe heart normalises wall tension, but limits stroke volume and cardiac output. Journal of Experimental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.132753