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Time spent with cats is never wasted: Lessons learned from feline acromegalic cardiomyopathy, a naturally occurring animal model of the human disease

BACKGROUND: In humans, acromegaly due to a pituitary somatotrophic adenoma is a recognized cause of increased left ventricular (LV) mass. Acromegalic cardiomyopathy is incompletely understood, and represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality. We describe the clinical, echocardiographic and hi...

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Autores principales: Borgeat, Kieran, Niessen, Stijn J. M., Wilkie, Lois, Harrington, Norelene, Church, David B., Luis Fuentes, Virginia, Connolly, David J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29596445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194342