Aldosterone Antagonism in an Inflammatory State: Evidence for Myocardial Protection

Introduction. Chagas' disease is one of the most important causes of dilated cardiomyopathy in South and Central America. It is an inflammatory cardiomyopathy. We wanted to investigate whether it could have the same response to aldosterone antagonism as demonstrated before in other dilated card...

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Main Authors: Felix JA Ramires, Vera MC Salemi, Barbara M Ianni, Fábio Fernandes, Daniel G Martins, Angelina Billate, Edécio Cunha, Charles Mady
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2006-09-01
Series:Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3317/jraas.2006.026