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Increased expression of extracellular matrix regulators TIMP1 and MMP1 in deteriorating heart failure.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation - 1 Jul 2003
Barton Paul J R, Birks Emma J, Felkin Leanne E, Cullen Martin E, Koban Maren U, Yacoub Magdi H
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BACKGROUND: The authors previously identified and compared alterations in gene expression in the myocardia of patients with deteriorating heart failure who underwent left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation with those of patients with stable end-stage failure (ESF). We hypothesized that...
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