Allopurinol Enhances the Contractile Response to Dobutamine and Exercise in Dogs With Pacing-Induced Heart Failure
- 6 February 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 103 (5) , 750-755
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.103.5.750
Abstract
Background—Superoxide (O2−) generated by enhanced xanthine oxidase (XO) activity may contribute to the increased myocardial oxidative stress in heart failure (CHF). Because blocking XO with allopur...Keywords
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