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

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...

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Main Authors: Muneyoshi Okada, Toshiyuki Harada, Ryuta Kikuzuki, Hideyuki Yamawaki, Yukio Hara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319311181