Enhanced heart failure, mortality and renin activation in female mice with experimental dilated cardiomyopathy.

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the major cause of heart failure affecting both women and men. Limited clinical studies show conflicting data in sex-related differences in the progression of dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure (HF) outcomes. We examined the comparative sex-related progression o...

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Main Authors: Ranjana Tripathi, Ryan Sullivan, Tai-Hwang M Fan, Dong Wang, Yao Sun, Guy L Reed, Inna P Gladysheva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5730114?pdf=render