Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, September 18th, 2009
"We tested the hypothesis that MV leaflet surface area increases over time with mechanical stretch created by papillary muscle displacement through cell activation, not passive stretching. Under cardiopulmonary bypass, the papillary muscle tips in 6 adult sheep were retracted apically short of producing mitral regurgitation to...
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