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Angiotensin II type 1a receptor signalling directly contributes to the increased arrhythmogenicity in cardiac hypertrophy.
British journal of pharmacology - 1 Dec 2013
Yasuno Shinji, Kuwahara Koichiro, Kinoshita Hideyuki, Yamada Chinatsu, Nakagawa Yasuaki, Usami Satoru, Kuwabara Yoshihiro, Ueshima Kenji, Harada Masaki, Nishikimi Toshio, Nakao Kazuwa
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Angiotensin II has been implicated in the development of various cardiovascular ailments, including cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. The fact that inhibiting its signalling reduced the incidences of both sudden cardiac death and heart failure in several large-scale clinical trials suggests that angiotensin II is involved in increased cardiac arrhythmogenicity during the development...
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