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The sodium–glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor empagliflozin attenuates cardiac fibrosis and improves ventricular hemodynamics in hypertensive heart failure rats

BACKGROUND: Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i), a new class of anti-diabetic drugs acting on inhibiting glucose resorption by kidneys, is shown beneficial in reduction of heart failure hospitalization and cardiovascular mortality. The mechanisms remain unclear. We hypothesized that S...

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Autores principales: Lee, Hsiang-Chun, Shiou, Yi-Lin, Jhuo, Shih-Jie, Chang, Chia-Yuan, Liu, Po-Len, Jhuang, Wun-Jyun, Dai, Zen-Kong, Chen, Wei-Yu, Chen, Yun-Fang, Lee, An-Sheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6444638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30935417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-019-0849-6