46 4.6 Chapter Review
Test your knowlege
Q1) what is an example of a promising drug that was mentioned in chapter 4.2?
Q2) What is an example of current consolidated pharmacological drugs?
Q3) Describe LaPlace’s rule
Q4) What changes do we see in terms of wall stress if the wall thickness is decreased?
Q5) why does the heart not rip despite the wall stress that it endures? refer to the video in chapter 4.2
Q6) How can surgery potentially improve cardiac function?
Q7) Describe the role of IGF-1 for cardiomyocyte and how we can use this growth factor to treat a damaged heart