Effect of renal denervation procedure on left ventricular hypertrophy of hypertensive rats and its mechanisms Efeito da denervação renal na hipertrofia do ventrículo esquerdo de ratos hipertensos e seu mecanismo

PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of renal denervation (RDN) on the blood pressure, left ventricular hypertrophy and myocardial expression of TLR4/NF-κB in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). METHODS: A total of 36 SHR were randomly assigned into control group (D0), RDN group (D) and sh...

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Main Authors: Weihong Jiang, Lihua Tan, Yunzhong Guo, Xiaogang Li, Xiaohong Tang, Kan Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2012-11-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502012001100012