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Cardiology
The effect of sildenafil on right ventricular remodeling in a rat model of monocrotaline-induced right ventricular failure
Hyun Kyung Bae, Hyeryon Lee, Kwan Chang Kim, Young Mi Hong
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(6):262-270.   Published online June 30, 2016
Purpose

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) leads to right ventricular failure (RVF) as well as an increase in pulmonary vascular resistance. Our purpose was to study the effect of sildenafil on right ventricular remodeling in a rat model of monocrotaline (MCT)-induced RVF.

Methods

The rats were distributed randomly into 3 groups. The control (C) group, the monocrotaline (M) group (MCT 60 mg/kg) and the...



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