Cardiovascular function in rat models of diabetes – the roles of hyperglycemia, inflammation and oxidative stress
Diabetes increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in humans. Although many diabetes-related studies have been conducted in recent years, the underlying pathogenesis still remains unclear. The aim of this thesis was to investigate if vascular and cardiac contractile dysfunction in r...
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University of British Columbia
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/52724 |