New Molecular Mechanisms for Cardiovascular Disease: Cardiac Hypertrophy and Cell-Volume Regulation

Abstract.: Cardiac hypertrophy is an increase in the muscle volume of the ventricle due to the enlargement of cardiac cells. Physiological cardiac hypertrophy is the normal response to healthy exercise, and pathological hypertrophy is the response to increased stress such as hypertension. Intracellu...

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Main Authors: Shintaro Yamamoto, Satomi Kita, Takuya Iyoda, Toshiki Yamada, Takahiro Iwamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319306735