title: Reduction of contractile performance in the myocardium from unilaterally nephrectomized rats.
abstract: The contractile performance of left ventricle papillary muscles from sham operated controls and uninephrectomized rats was investigated using isometric contractions. The results suggest that unilateral nephrectomy induces a decrease in the developed tension of the papillary muscles characterizing a reduction in contractility.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brasil.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Vassallo
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Vasquez
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cabral
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006339:Heart Rate; D007537:Isometric Contraction; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009392:Nephrectomy; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains