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

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2016

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Morten Smerup; Mads Damkjær; Emil Brøndum; Ulrik Baandrup; SB Kristiansen; Hans Nygaard; Jonas Amstrup Funder; Christian Aalkjær; Cathrine Sauer; R. Buchanan; Mads F. Bertelsen; Karen Østergaard; C. Grøndahl; Candy, Geoffry; J. Michael Hasenkam; Niels H. Secher; Peter Bie; Tobias Wang

Morten Smerup, Mads Damkjær, Emil Brøndum, Ulrik Baandrup, SB Kristiansen, Hans Nygaard, Jonas Amstrup Funder, Christian Aalkjær, Cathrine Sauer, R. Buchanan, Mads F. Bertelsen, Karen Østergaard, C. Grøndahl, Candy, Geoffry, J. Michael Hasenkam, Niels H. Secher, Peter Bie, Tobias Wang (2016). The thick left ventricular wall of the giraffe heart normalizes wall tension, bul limits stroke volume and cardiac output.

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

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

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