Chronic Administration of Ghrelin Improves Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Attenuates Development of Cardiac Cachexia in Rats With Heart Failure
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- 18 September 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 104 (12) , 1430-1435
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hc3601.095575
Abstract
Background— Ghrelin is a novel growth hormone (GH)–releasing peptide that may also induce vasodilation and stimulate feeding through GH-independent mechanisms. We investigated whether ghrelin impro...Keywords
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