[Plasticity of myocardial phenotype during cardiac hypertrophy and failure].

Article

[Plasticity of myocardial phenotype during cardiac hypertrophy and failure].

Bulletin de l'Academie nationale de medecine - 1 Jun 1993

Mercadier J J, Lompre A M, Swynghedauw B, Schwartz K

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Cardiac hypertrophy and failure frequently cause complications in some cardiovascular diseases. Both conditions are associated with important modifications of the heart's contractile and endocrine functions, induced by various changes in gene expression, which in turn are attributable to chronic...

Topics

Animals
Cardiomegaly
Heart
Heart Failure
Humans
Phenotype

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