Atorvastatin, valsartan, and n-acetylcysteine prevent cardiac hypertrophy and overexpression of myocardin in pressure-overloaded rat heart

Acta Cardiologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 286-296

  Chiu, Chiung Zuan ^a,b,c   Wang, Bao Wei ^b   Shyu, Kou Gi ^a,b,c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aortic banding; Cardiac hypertrophy; Myocardin; Pressure overload; Statin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ATORVASTATIN; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MYOCARDIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VALSARTAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART WEIGHT; HEMODYNAMICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84872716770     PISSN: 10116842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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