Procollagen type III amino terminal peptide and myocardial fibrosis: A study in hypertensive patients with and without left ventricular hypertrophy
Introduction and Objectives: An exaggerated accumulation of type I and type III fibrillar collagens occurs throughout the free wall and interventricular septum of patients with primary hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). In the present study the serum concentration of procollagen ty...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition) |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204915001191 |