Article
Relations between myocardial contractility, myosin phenotype, and plasma angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in the cardiomyopathic hamster.
Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology - 1 Mar 1995
Lambert F, Lecarpentier Y, Lompré A M, Scalbert E, Desché P, Chemla D
Abstract excerpt
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have been shown to preserve myocardial contractility in the cardiomyopathic Syrian hamster (CSH). To determine if this was related to changes in myosin heavy-chain (MHC) phenotype, myosin isoform patterns and mechanical properties were studied in the...
Topics
- Animals
- Cardiomyopathies
- Cricetinae
- In Vitro Techniques
- Isomerism
- Male
- Mesocricetus
- Myocardial Contraction
- Myosin Subfragments
- Myosins
- Papillary Muscles
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Phenotype