The purpose of this study was to characterize the collagen in hereditary dilated cardiomyopathic hamster hearts, and to examine the participation of the collagen in the occurrence and progression of cardiomyopathy. BIO 53.58 hamsters (5, 10, 20 weeks old) were used as the model of dilated cardiomyop
Ion channels alteration in dilated cardiomyopathy in human heart
✍ Scribed by Viktoria Szűts; István Baczkó; Dalma Ménesi; Zoltán Varga-Orvos; János Zs Kelemen; László G Puskás; Zoltán Bódi; Lajos Csincsik; Nazamin Houshmand; Miklós Bitay; Miklós Csanády; Norbert Jost; László Virág; Julius Gy Papp; András Varró
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 89 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1471-2210
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