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    Myocardial Fibrosis: Structural Basis for Diastolic Dysfunction

    Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is the single most important prognostic factor associated with adverse cardiovascular events, including heart failure and sudden death, attributable to cardiovascular disease...

    Karl T. Weber, Scott E. Campbell, Christian G. Brilla in Diastolic Relaxation of the Heart (1994)

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    Gene Expression of Cardiac Myocytes: A Pharmacologic Target for the Failing Heart?

    Despite recent advances in the management of congestive heart failure, the prognosis of patients with overloaded hypertrophied hearts remains poor [1]. Particular progress has been achieved in the treatment of...

    Heinz Rupp, Marian Turcani, Bernhard Maisch in Pathophysiology of Heart Failure (1996)

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    Dietary linolenic acid-mediated increase in vascular prostacyclin formation

    To define vascular effects of an enhanced dietary α-linolenic acid intake, 28 spontaneously hypertensive rats were fed a 3% sunflowerseed oil (44% linoleic acid) diet; in 3 groups (7 rats each), the diet was s...

    Heinz Rupp, Marian Turcani, Tadanari Ohkubo in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry (1996)

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    Drug withdrawal and rebound hypertension: Differential action of the central antihypertensive drugs moxonidine and clonidine

    To examine the antihypertensive action of the centrally acting antiadrenergic drugs moxonidine and clonidine, systolic and diastolic blood pressure as well as heart rate were monitored by radio telemetry in sp...

    Heinz Rupp, Bernhard Maisch, Christian G. Brilla in Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy (1996)

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    Aldosterone and Myocardial Fibrosis in Heart Failure

    Christian G. Brilla in Herz (2000)