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Castillero E, Akashi H, Pendrak K, Yerebakan H, Najjar M, Wang C, Naka Y, Mancini D, Sweeney HL, D Armiento J, Ali ZA, Schulze PC, George I. Attenuation of the unfolded protein response and endoplasmic reticulum stress after mechanical unloading in dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2015; 309:H459-70. [PMID: 26055788 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00056.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Abnormal intracellular calcium (Ca(2+)) handling can trigger endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, leading to activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) in an attempt to prevent cell death. Mechanical unloading with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) relieves pressure-volume overload and promotes reverse remodeling of the failing myocardium. We hypothesized that mechanical unloading would alter the UPR in patients with advanced heart failure (HF). UPR was analyzed in paired myocardial tissue from 10 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy obtained during LVAD implantation and explantation. Samples from healthy hearts served as controls. Markers of UPR [binding immunoglobulin protein (BiP), phosphorylated (P-) eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF2α), and X-box binding protein (XBP1)] were significantly increased in HF, whereas LVAD support significantly decreased BiP, P-eIF2α, and XBP1s levels. Apoptosis as reflected by C/EBP homologous protein and DNA damage were also significantly reduced after LVAD support. Improvement in left ventricular dimensions positively correlated with P-eIF2α/eIF2α and apoptosis level recovery. Furthermore, significant dysregulation of calcium-handling proteins [P-ryanodine receptor, Ca(2+) storing protein calsequestrin, Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger, sarcoendoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA2a), ER chaperone protein calreticulin] was normalized after LVAD support. Reduced ER Ca(2+) content as a causative mechanism for UPR was confirmed using AC16 cells treated with a calcium ionophore (A23187) and SERCA2a inhibitor (thapsigargin). UPR activation and apoptosis are reduced after mechanical unloading, which may be mediated by the improvement of Ca(2+) handling in patients with advanced HF. These changes may impact the potential for myocardial recovery.
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- Estibaliz Castillero
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York; and
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- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York; and
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- Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York; and
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital - College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York;
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Cardiac myocyte function is dependent on the synchronized movements of Ca(2+) into and out of the cell, as well as between the cytosol and sarcoplasmic reticulum. These movements determine cardiac rhythm and regulate excitation-contraction coupling. Ca(2+) cycling is mediated by a number of critical Ca(2+)-handling proteins and transporters, such as L-type Ca(2+) channels (LTCCs) and sodium/calcium exchangers in the sarcolemma, and sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase 2a (SERCA2a), ryanodine receptors, and cardiac phospholamban in the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The entry of Ca(2+) into the cytosol through LTCCs activates the release of Ca(2+) from the sarcoplasmic reticulum through ryanodine receptor channels and initiates myocyte contraction, whereas SERCA2a and cardiac phospholamban have a key role in sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) sequesteration and myocyte relaxation. Excitation-contraction coupling is regulated by phosphorylation of Ca(2+)-handling proteins. Abnormalities in sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) cycling are hallmarks of heart failure and contribute to the pathophysiology and progression of this disease. Correcting impaired intracellular Ca(2+) cycling is a promising new approach for the treatment of heart failure. Novel therapeutic strategies that enhance myocyte Ca(2+) homeostasis could prevent and reverse adverse cardiac remodeling and improve clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure.
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Kukielka M, Holycross BJ, Billman GE. Endurance exercise training reduces cardiac sodium/calcium exchanger expression in animals susceptible to ventricular fibrillation. Front Physiol 2011; 2:3. [PMID: 21423413 PMCID: PMC3059610 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2010] [Accepted: 02/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aim: Increased sodium/calcium exchanger activity (NCX1, an important regulator of cardiomyocyte cystolic calcium) may provoke arrhythmias. Exercise training can decrease NCX1 expression in animals with heart failure improving cytosolic calcium regulation, and could thereby reduce the risk for ventricular fibrillation (VF). Methods: To test this hypothesis, a 2-min coronary occlusion was made during the last minute of exercise in dogs with healed myocardial infarctions; 23 had VF (S, susceptible) and 13 did not (R, resistant). The animals were randomly assigned to either 10-week exercise training (progressively increasing treadmill running; S n = 9; R n = 8) or 10-week sedentary (S n = 14; R n = 5) groups. At the end of the 10-week period, the exercise + ischemia test provoked VF in sedentary but not trained susceptible dogs. On a subsequent day, cardiac tissue was harvested and NCX1 protein expression was determined by Western blot. Results: In the sedentary group, NCX1 expression was significantly (ANOVA, P < 0.05) higher in susceptible compared to resistant dogs. In contrast, NCX1 levels were similar in the exercise trained resistant and susceptible animals. Conclusion: These data suggest that exercise training can restore a more normal NCX1 level in dogs susceptible to VF, improving cystolic calcium regulation and could thereby reduce the risk for sudden death following myocardial infarction.
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- Monica Kukielka
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, USA
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Kobayashi M, Izawa H, Cheng XW, Asano H, Hirashiki A, Unno K, Ohshima S, Yamada T, Murase Y, Kato TS, Obata K, Noda A, Nishizawa T, Isobe S, Nagata K, Matsubara T, Murohara T, Yokota M. Dobutamine stress testing as a diagnostic tool for evaluation of myocardial contractile reserve in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2009; 1:718-26. [PMID: 19356507 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2008] [Revised: 03/27/2008] [Accepted: 04/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We performed dobutamine stress testing for evaluation of myocardial contractile reserve in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). BACKGROUND Catecholamine sensitivity is reduced in failing hearts as a result of myocardial abnormalities in the beta-adrenergic receptor signaling pathway. However, little is known about adrenergic myocardial contractile reserve in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with DCM. METHODS The maximal first derivative of left ventricular pressure (LV dP/dt(max)) was determined during infusion of dobutamine (10 microg kg(-1) min(-1)) in 46 asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic (New York Heart Association functional class I or II) patients with DCM. The expression of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) for contractile regulatory proteins in endomyocardial biopsy specimens was quantified by reverse transcription and real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis. Plasma norepinephrine levels were measured in all patients and [(123)I]metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy performed. RESULTS Patients were classified into 3 groups based on the percentage increase in LV dP/dt(max) induced by dobutamine (DeltaLV dP/dt(max)) and on LV ejection fraction (LVEF) at baseline: group I (n = 18): DeltaLV dP/dt(max) >100% and LVEF >25%; group IIa (n = 17): DeltaLV dP/dt(max) <or=100% and LVEF > 25%; and group IIb (n = 11): DeltaLV dP/dt(max) <or=100% and LVEF <or=25%. The amounts of beta(1)-adrenergic receptor, sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-adenosine triphosphatase, and phospholamban mRNA were significantly smaller in groups IIa and IIb than in group I. The plasma norepinephrine level was increased and the delayed heart/mediastinum count ratio in MIBG scintigraphy was decreased in both groups IIa and IIb. CONCLUSIONS Dobutamine stress testing is a useful diagnostic tool for identifying reduced adrenergic myocardial contractile reserve related to altered myocardial expression of beta(1)-adrenergic receptor, sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-adenosine triphosphatase, and phospholamban genes even in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with DCM.
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- Masakazu Kobayashi
- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Ding YF, Brower GL, Zhong Q, Murray D, Holland M, Janicki JS, Zhong J. Defective intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis contributes to myocyte dysfunction during ventricular remodelling induced by chronic volume overload in rats. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2008; 35:827-35. [PMID: 18346170 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2008.04923.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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1. Previous studies have demonstrated progressive ventricular hypertrophy, dilatation and contractile depression in response to chronic volume overload. Whether this decompensation was related to intrinsic myocyte dysfunction was not clear. The present study evaluated ventricular myocyte function at critical times during the progression of ventricular remodelling induced by volume overload. 2. Chronic volume overload was induced with an infrarenal aortocaval fistula in rats. Myocyte contraction and intracellular Ca(2+) concentrations ([Ca(2+)](i)) were evaluated using a fura-2 fluorescence and edge detection system. Protein levels of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) transporters were determined by western blots. Progressive ventricular dilatation developed following creation of the fistula. Although myocyte function in 5 week fistula rats was comparable to that of the control group, myocytes from rats 10 weeks post-fistula demonstrated significant depression of cell shortening and peak [Ca(2+)](i). Application of isoproterenol (0.1 micromol/L) was not able to compensate for the functional deficiency in myocytes from 10 week fistula rats. Caffeine (10 mmol/L) induced SR Ca(2+) release, as well as protein expression of SR Ca(2+)-ATPase, and ryanodine receptors were reduced in myocytes obtained from the same group of 10 week fistula rats. 3. These data indicate that the transition to heart failure secondary to chronic volume overload is related to depressed myocyte contractility secondary to altered intracellular Ca(2+) homeostasis.
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- Yan-Feng Ding
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA
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Diabetes mellitus increases the risk of heart failure independently of underlying coronary artery disease, and many believe that diabetes leads to cardiomyopathy. The underlying pathogenesis is partially understood. Several factors may contribute to the development of cardiac dysfunction in the absence of coronary artery disease in diabetes mellitus. This review discusses the latest findings in diabetic humans and in animal models and reviews emerging new mechanisms that may be involved in the development and progression of cardiac dysfunction in diabetes.
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- Sihem Boudina
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes and Program in Human Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84112, USA
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Turillazzi E, Baroldi G, Silver MD, Parolini M, Pomara C, Fineschi V. A systematic study of a myocardial lesion: Colliquative myocytolysis. Int J Cardiol 2005; 104:152-7. [PMID: 16168807 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.10.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2004] [Revised: 10/03/2004] [Accepted: 10/04/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The term "myocytolysis" was first used to define the repair process of contraction band necrosis associated with an acute myocardial infarction. On the other hand, in the latter condition a "myofibrillolysis," presenting edematous myocardial cells not involved by infarct necrosis, and without evidence of repair process was reported. The objective of this study is to establish the frequency, extent and meaning of this myocardial lesion. MATERIALS AND METHODS In 12 groups of patients for a total of 432 cases with and without coronary heart disease, "colliquative myocytolysis"--i.e., progressive vacuolization by loss of myofibrils until their total or subtotal disappearance associated with intramyocellular edema in absence of any cellular reaction--was graded in 16 histological slides of the different cardiac regions in each pathological case. RESULTS Colliquative myocytolysis (CM) was present in more than 90% with a maximal extent in cases of irreversible congestive heart failure followed by transplanted heart cases (67%) with a survival greater than 1 week. In all other groups, the lesion was absent or minimal. CONCLUSIONS No correlation was found between CM and contraction band necrosis, gender, age, heart weight, myocardial fibrosis, coronary artery stenosis, clinical data. Colliquative myocytolysis is a specific histological marker of congestive heart failure, without relation to coronary blood flow, heart weight and myocardial fibrosis. Vacuolization of myocardial cells may be due to other causes (e.g., storage disease, etc.) or may be an artifact. There is no support for the belief that coronary ischemia or myocardial hypoxia is its causes.
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- E Turillazzi
- Department of Forensic Pathology, University of Foggia, Ospedali Riuniti, Via L. Pinto no. 1, 71100 Foggia, Italy.
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Xu YJ, Chapman D, Dixon IMC, Sethi R, Guo X, Dhalla NS. Differential gene expression in infarct scar and viable myocardium from rat heart following coronary ligation. J Cell Mol Med 2004; 8:85-92. [PMID: 15090263 PMCID: PMC6740260 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2004.tb00262.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Post-myocardial infarction (MI) remodeling of cardiac myocytes and the myocardial interstitium results in alteration of gross ventricular geometry and ventricular dysfunction. To investigate the mechanisms of the remodeling process of the heart after large MI, the expression of various genes in viable left ventricle and infarct scar tissue were examined at 16 weeks post-MI. Steady-state expression of Na(+)-K+ ATPase alpha-1 and -2, phospholamban (PLB), alpha-myosin heavy chain (alpha-MHC), ryanodine receptor (Rya) and Ca2+ ATPase (Serca2) mRNAs were decreased in the infarct scar vs noninfarcted sham-operated controls (P < 0.05). On the other hand, Gialpha2 and beta-MHC mRNAs were upregulated (P < 0.05, respectively) in the infarct scar whereas Na(+)-K+ ATPase-beta, Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger and Gs mRNAs were not altered vs control values. In viable left ventricle, the alpha-1 subunit of Na(+)-K+ ATPase, alpha-3, beta-isoforms, Rya, beta-MHC, Gialpha2, Gs and Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger were significantly elevated while expression of the alpha-2 subunit of Na(+)-K+ ATPase, PLB and Serca2 were significantly decreased compared to controls. Expression of CK2alpha mRNA was elevated in noninfarcted heart (145 +/- 15%) and diminished in the infarct scar (66 +/- 13%) vs controls. Expression of beta-MHC mRNA was elevated in both viable and infarct scar tissues of experimental hearts (140 +/- 31% and 183 +/- 30% vs. controls, respectively). These results suggest that cardiac genes in the infarcted tissue and viable left ventricle following MI are differentially regulated.
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- Y-J Xu
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre and Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Yasumura Y, Takemura K, Sakamoto A, Kitakaze M, Miyatake K. Changes in myocardial gene expression associated with beta-blocker therapy in patients with chronic heart failure. J Card Fail 2004; 9:469-74. [PMID: 14966788 DOI: 10.1016/s1071-9164(03)00581-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The left ventricular functional recovery by beta-blocker therapy is now attributed to time-dependent biologic effects on cardiomyocytes. METHODS AND RESULTS To elucidate the cellular mechanism of these biologic effects, we treated 9 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy for 4 months with beta-blockers and examined the gene expressions linked to an improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction (EF). Gene expressions of the biopsied right ventricular endomyocardium were assessed by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. A decrease in beta-myosin heavy chain (1.23+/-0.49 versus 0.86+/-0.45, P<.05) was observed 4 months after the administration of beta-blockers. The expression levels of both sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase (SERCA) (0.80+/-0.28 versus 1.39+/-0.44, P<.01) and phospholamban (PLB) (0.49+/-0.08 versus 0.88+/-0.34, P<.05) increased, whereas the expression levels of Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX), beta-adrenoreceptor kinase 1, and ryanodine receptor 2 were unchanged. The SERCA/NCX ratio (0.68+/-0.14 versus 0.96+/-0.33, P<.05) also increased. The increase in SERCA mRNA expression correlated with the degree of changes in EF (%deltaEF) (r=0.679, P<.05), and none of changes in these genes expression correlated with changes in the plasma brain natriuretic peptide concentration. CONCLUSIONS The functional recovery resulting from beta-blockers may be associated with the restoration of the unfavorable gene expression that controls Ca(2+) handlings in the failing heart.
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- Yoshio Yasumura
- Department of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
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Piper C, Horstkotte D, Bock AK, Wudel E, Schultheiss HP, Dörner A. Myocardial lactate dehydrogenase patterns in volume or pressure overloaded left ventricles. Eur J Heart Fail 2002; 4:587-91. [PMID: 12413501 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-9842(02)00088-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Cornelia Piper
- Department of Cardiology, Heart Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University of Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
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