Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 82-88 , February 2008

Effects of a High Saturated Fat Diet on Cardiac Hypertrophy and Dysfunction in Response to Pressure Overload

  • David J. Chess, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Biao Lei, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Brian D. Hoit, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Agnes M. Azimzadeh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • William C. Stanley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: William C. Stanley, PhD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland-Baltimore, 20 Penn St., HSF-II, Room S022, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Received 15 May 2007 ,Revised 2 August 2007 ,Accepted 10 September 2007.

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 Supported by National Institutes of Health grant HL-074237.

 Conflict of interest: None.

PII: S1071-9164(07)01068-8

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.09.004

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 82-88 , February 2008

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