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Experimental Metabolic Syndrome Model Associated with Mechanical and Structural Degenerative Changes of the Aortic Valve

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that an experimental high fat (HF) animal with metabolic syndrome results in structural degeneration of the aortic valve. Domestic pigs were divided (n = 12) and administered either a normal or HF diet. After 16-weeks, the HF diet group had increa...

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Autores principales: Go, Jason L., Prem, Komal, Al-Hijji, Mohammed A., Qin, Qing, Noble, Christopher, Young, Melissa D., Lerman, Lilach O., Lerman, Amir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30546028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36388-y