Effect of felodipine on myocardial and renal injury induced by aldosterone-high salt hypertension in uninephrectomized rats
It has been recently shown that calcium channel blockers might have a protective effect on cardiac fibrogenesis induced by aldosterone. The objective of this study was to evaluate the protective effect of felodipine, a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker, against heart and kidney damage caused b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2010-05-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010000500013 |