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Entry into torpor during hibernation has major consequences for mammalian hearts. The heart must continue to beat at cold body temperatures and although heart rate is much slower, contractile force must increase to deal with the higher viscosity of blood. Muscle remodelling is needed. We examined responses of the GATA-4 and Nkx2-5 transcription factors that are essential regulators of cardiac hypertrophic...