Reducción de la dilatación ventricular izquierda en modelos de ratas de disfunción de la cámara sistólica

A J Woodiwiss1, O J Tsotetsi, S Sprott

  • 1Laboratory of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Department of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Circulation
|January 4, 2001
PubMed
Resumen

Las reducciones en la reticulación de colágeno miocárdico pueden conducir a la dilatación ventricular izquierda y la insuficiencia cardíaca. Este estudio en ratas sugiere que el enlace cruzado alterado del colágeno es un mecanismo clave en la progresión de la enfermedad cardíaca.

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