Are local tenomodulin absence , angiogenesis , and matrix metalloproteinase activation associated with the rupture of the chordae tendineae cordis?
These findings provide evidence that tenomodulin is expressed universally in normal CTC in a concentric pattern and that local absence of tenomodulin, angiogenesis, and matrix metalloproteinase activation are associated with CTC rupture.
The effects of hypothermia in a model of focal ischemia are not affected by administration of pethidine.