Early Spironolactone Treatment Attenuates Heart Failure Development by Improving Myocardial Function and Reducing Fibrosis in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
Author(s) -
M. D. M. Cezar,
R. L. Damatto,
Luana Urbano Pagan,
A. R. R. Lima,
Paula Felippe Martinez,
Camila Bonomo,
C. M. Rosa,
Dijon Henrique Salomé de Campos,
Antônio Carlos Cicogna,
Mariana Janini Gomes,
S. A. Oliveira,
Daniella Audi Blotta,
Marina Politi Okoshi,
Katashi Okoshi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000430310
Subject(s) - spironolactone , medicine , endocrinology , spontaneously hypertensive rat , myocardial fibrosis , heart failure , blood pressure , muscle hypertrophy , aldosterone , fibrosis , cardiac fibrosis , pressure overload , cardiac function curve , left ventricular hypertrophy , diastole , cardiac hypertrophy
We evaluated the role of the aldosterone blocker spironolactone in attenuating long-term pressure overload-induced cardiac remodeling and heart failure (HF) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR).
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