Effects of Telmisartan on Right Ventricular Remodeling Induced by Monocrotaline in Rats

• Autori principali: Muneyoshi Okada (Autore), Toshiyuki Harada (Autore), Ryuta Kikuzuki (Autore), Hideyuki Yamawaki (Autore), Yukio Hara (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Elsevier, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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The present study investigated whether telmisartan, an angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist, has cardioprotective effects on monocrotaline-induced right ventricular (RV) remodeling in rats. Six-week-old male Wistar rats were divided into control group (CONT), monocrotaline (60 mg/kg, i.p.)-trea...