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Myocardial stiffness is attributed to alterations in cross-linked collagen rather than total collagen or phenotypes in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Circulation - 16 Sept 1997
Norton G R, Tsotetsi J, Trifunovic B, Hartford C, Candy G P, Woodiwiss A J
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BACKGROUND: The relative contributions of increases in myocardial collagen, collagen cross-linking, and the ratio of type I to type III collagen to the stiff myocardium in hypertension were determined. METHODS AND RESULTS: We compared the action of hydralazine (0.07 mmol x kg(-1) x d(-1)) with that of captopril (0.22 mmol x kg(-1) x d(-1)) on the left ventricular end-diastolic (LVED) myocardial stiffness...
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