Cardiovascular susceptibility to in vivo ischemic myocardial injury in male and female rat offprint exposed to prenatal hypoxia

In conclusion, male offspring exposed to prenatal hypoxia had an increased susceptibility to ischemic myocardial injury involving cardiac phenotypes similar to heart failure involving diastolic dysfunction in adult life compared to both offspring from healthy pregnancies and their female counterparts.

Source: Clinical Science - July 28, 2017 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Shah, A., Matsumura, N., Quon, A., Morton, J. S., Dyck, J., Davidge, S. T. Tags: PublishAheadOfPrint Source Type: research