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Variable phenotype in murine transverse aortic constriction.
Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology - 1 Jan 2000
Mohammed Selma F, Storlie Jimmy R, Oehler Elise A, Bowen Lorna A, Korinek Josef, Lam Carolyn S P, Simari Robert D, Burnett John C, Redfield Margaret M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In mice, transverse aortic constriction (TAC) is variably characterized as a model of pressure overload-induced hypertrophy (left ventricular [LV] hypertrophy, or LVH) or heart failure (HF). While commonly used, variability in the TAC model is poorly defined. The objectives of this study were to characterize the variability in the TAC model and to define a simple, noninvasive method of prospectively...
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