Survival and cardioprotective benefits of long-term blueberry enriched diet in dilated cardiomyopathy following myocardial infarction in rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Ahmet, Ismayil ^a   Spangler, Edward ^a   Shukitt Hale, Barbara ^b   Joseph, James A ^b   Ingram, Donald K ^a,c   Talan, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLUEBERRY; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; APOPTOSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMODYNAMICS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; VACCINIUM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLUEBERRY PLANT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 71049163455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007975     Document Type: Article

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