The effect of non-antihypertensive doses of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor on myocardial necrosis and hypertrophy in young rats with renovascular hypertension

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-104

  Matsubara, B B ^a   Matsubara, L S ^a   Franco, M ^b   Padovani, J C ^a   Janicki, J S ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery damage; Myocardial fibrosis; Pressure overload; Ramipril

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; RAMIPRIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MYOFIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMEGALY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; NECROSIS; ORGAN SIZE; RAMIPRIL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032952791     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.1999.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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