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We therefore studied the question of whether this mechanism may be absent or attenuated in end-stage failing human left ventricular myocardium.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:italic>Methods and Results<\/jats:italic>\n            Different methodological approaches were used to analyze the effects of this mechanism on the organ, tissue, and sarcomere levels: (1) In excised human whole left ventricles (2 donor hearts, 5 failing hearts), diastolic and systolic pressure-volume relationships were obtained. (2) In isolated muscle strip preparations from the left ventricular wall of donor hearts (n=14) and failing hearts from patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (n=21) and ischemic cardiomyopathy (n=11), peak developed force was measured at different muscle lengths of the preparation. (3) Skinned fiber preparations were obtained from failing right and left ventricles (n=12). 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