Fig. 1. Basal papillary muscles response. Baseline calcium concentration (2.5mM). A- CSA, cross-sectional area; B- Maximum developed tension normalized per cross-sectional area [DT, g/mm2]; C- positive [+dT/dt, g/mm2 /s]; D- negative [-dT/dt, g/mm2 /s] tension derivative normalized per cross-sectional area of the papillary muscle. Data are expressed in mean ± standard deviation (n= 8 animals/group). Comparison by repeated-measures two-way ANOVA with Tukey post-hoc (p<0.05): *HSF vs Control; ^#HSF vs HSF + Ly.