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Diabetic cardiomyopathy: effects of fenofibrate and metformin in an experimental model – the Zucker diabetic rat

BACKGROUND: Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) contributes to cardiac failure in diabetic patients. It is characterized by excessive lipids accumulation, with increased triacylglycerol (TAG) stores, and fibrosis in left ventricle (LV). The mechanisms responsible are incompletely known and no specific tre...

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Autores principales: Forcheron, Fabien, Basset, Alexandra, Abdallah, Pauline, Del Carmine, Peggy, Gadot, Nicolas, Beylot, Michel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2664796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19317897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-8-16