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Ghrelin Derangements in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Impact of Myocardial Disease Duration and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

Background: Ghrelin may exert positive effects on cardiac structure and function in heart failure (HF) patients. Methods: We assessed ghrelin levels in 266 dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients and in 200 age, gender and body mass index (BMI) matched controls. Further, we evaluated the expression of...

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Autores principales: Aleksova, Aneta, Beltrami, Antonio Paolo, Bevilacqua, Elisa, Padoan, Laura, Santon, Daniela, Biondi, Federico, Barbati, Giulia, Stenner, Elisabetta, Gortan Cappellari, Gianluca, Barazzoni, Rocco, Ziberna, Fabiana, Zwas, Donna R, Avraham, Yosefa, Agostoni, Piergiuseppe, Not, Tarcisio, Livi, Ugolino, Sinagra, Gianfranco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31375017
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8081152