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Association of hypercholesterolemia and cardiac function evaluated by speckle tracking echocardiography in a rabbit model

BACKGROUND: Although hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), only limited data are available regarding its direct effect on myocardial function apart from CAD. The aim of this study was to evaluate LV systolic function using speckle-tracking echocardiography an...

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Autores principales: Liu, Liyun, Mu, Yuming, Han, Wei, Wang, Chunmei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4245723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25106812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-13-128