TABLE 1.
Cardiac myocyte preparations | Length (μm) | Width (μm) | Sarcomere length (μm) | Passive force (kN⋅m–2) | Peak power (pW) | pCa for half-max. force | Relative force half-max. pCa | |
Donor | 13 | 148 ± 10 | 21 ± 2 | 2.26 ± 0.01 | 1.91 ± 0.40 | 54 ± 12 | 5.77 ± 0.01 | 0.53 ± 0.03 |
HF | 16 | 131 ± 9 | 23 ± 5 | 2.27 ± 0.01 | 1.67 ± 0.26 | 43 ± 25 | 5.85 ± 0.01 | 0.56 ± 0.02 |
Values are means ± S.E.M.