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Adverse effect of chronic alcohol ingestion on cardiac performance in spontaneously hypertensive rats
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1988
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HypertensionHeart FailureCardiovascular FunctionDiastolic FunctionBlood PressureAlcohol MisuseNormotensive Control RatsHypertensive RatsCardiologyCardiovascular ReactivityAlcohol AbuseAlcohol DependenceChronic Alcohol IngestionCardiovascular DiseasePhysiologyCardiac PerformanceCardiovascular PhysiologyCardiovascular PharmacodynamicsMedicineAnesthesiology
We have compared the cardiac performance of four groups of rats: normotensive control rats (NCR) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) not drinking alcohol, and NCR and SHR drinking 20% alcohol (NCR-A and SHR-A, respectively), over a period of 6-9 months.