Proinflammatory Cytokines Are Soluble Mediators Linked with Ventricular Arrhythmias and Contractile Dysfunction in a Rat Model of Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndrome (MS) increases cardiovascular risk and is associated with cardiac dysfunction and arrhythmias, although the precise mechanisms are still under study. Chronic inflammation in MS has emerged as a possible cause of adverse cardiac events. Male Wistar rats fed with 30% sucrose in drin...

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Main Authors: Evaristo Fernández-Sada, Alejandro Torres-Quintanilla, Christian Silva-Platas, Noemí García, B. Cicero Willis, César Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Erasmo De la Peña, Judith Bernal-Ramírez, Niria Treviño-Saldaña, Yuriana Oropeza-Almazán, Elena C. Castillo, Leticia Elizondo-Montemayor, Karla Carvajal, Gerardo García-Rivas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7682569