Elevated intracardiac angiotensin II leads to cardiac hypertrophy and mechanical dysfunction in normotensive mice

JRAAS - Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 186-190

  Huggins, Catherine E ^a   Domenighetti, Andrea A ^a   Pedrazzini, Thierry ^c   Pepe, Salvatore ^b   Delbridge, Lea M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac hypertrophy; Contractile function; Ex vivo heart; Intracardiac angiotensin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PHENOTYPE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; RECORDER; STANDARDIZATION; SUDDEN DEATH; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0242608645     PISSN: 14703203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3317/jraas.2003.030     Document Type: Article

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