Obesity Resistance Promotes Mild Contractile Dysfunction Associated with Intracellular Ca2+ Handling

AbstractBackground:Diet-induced obesity is frequently used to demonstrate cardiac dysfunction. However, some rats, like humans, are susceptible to developing an obesity phenotype, whereas others are resistant to that.Objective:To evaluate the association between obesity resistance and cardiac functi...

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Main Authors: Felipe Gonçalves dos Santos de Sá, Ana Paula Lima-Leopoldo, Bruno Barcellos Jacobsen, Artur Junio Togneri Ferron, Wagner Muller Estevam, Dijon Henrique Salomé Campos, Edson Castardeli, Márcia Regina Holanda da Cunha, Antonio Carlos Cicogna, André Soares Leopoldo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2015-01-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2015005050134&lng=en&tlng=en