Reduced cardiac stiffness following exercise is associated with preserved myocardial collagen characteristics in the rat.

doi:10.1007/s004210050400

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Reduced cardiac stiffness following exercise is associated with preserved myocardial collagen characteristics in the rat.

European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology - 1 Jul 1998

Woodiwiss A J, Oosthuyse T, Norton G R

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We determined whether the increment in cardiac end-diastolic compliance (a reduced diastolic stiffness constant) following endurance training is related to alterations in myocardial collagen characteristics. Sixteen weeks of habitual exercise (Ex) in rats, which produced left ventricular (LV) hyp...

Topics

Animals
Collagen
Diastole
Elasticity
Heart
Hydroxyproline
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
Male
Motor Activity
Myocardium
Phenotype
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Solubility

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