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Differences in ischaemia tolerance between hypertrophied hearts of adult and aged spontaneously hypertensive rats

DOI

58

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0

References

1993

Year

L H E H Snoeckx, Ger J. Vusse, Will A. Coumans, P. H. M. Willemsen, Robert S. Reneman
Cardiovascular Research

Abstract

The aged hypertrophied heart shows a higher vulnerability to ischaemic damage than the adult hypertrophied heart. This phenomenon is associated with subendocardial underperfusion, increased membrane damage and inadequate recovery of creatine phosphate levels.