American Physiological Society, American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 1(324), p. H85-H99, 2023
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00408.2022
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Pregnancy and lactation increase volume load on the heart. Defects in cardiac remodeling during pregnancy and postpartum can result in peripartum cardiomyopathy. TIMPs participate in cardiac remodeling. The present study reports the cardiac function in Timp4 knockout adult female mice during pregnancy and lactation. Timp4 knockout females at many time points have higher ejection fraction to maintain stroke volume. Global deletion of Timp4 was not detrimental to maternal heart function during first pregnancies and lactation.