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Early cardiac changes in a rat model of prediabetes: brain natriuretic peptide overexpression seems to be the best marker

BACKGROUND: Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is defined as structural and functional changes in the myocardium due to metabolic and cellular abnormalities induced by diabetes mellitus (DM). The impact of prediabetic conditions on the cardiac tissue remains to be elucidated. The goal of this study was t...

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Autores principales: Nunes, Sara, Soares, Edna, Fernandes, João, Viana, Sofia, Carvalho, Eugénia, Pereira, Frederico C, Reis, Flávio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-12-44