Adrenomedullin infusion during ischemia/reperfusion attenuates left ventricular remodeling and myocardial fibrosis in rats

Hypertension Research

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Okumura, Hiroyuki ^a   Nagaya, Noritoshi ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hemodynamics; Left ventricular remodeling; Myocardial infarction; Reperfusion injury

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; PENTOBARBITAL; PROTEIN KINASE B;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANIMALS; AORTA; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; FIBROSIS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; MYOCARDIUM; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0037300292     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.26.S99     Document Type: Article

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