Acute treatment with metformin improves cardiac function following isoproterenol induced myocardial infarction in rats.
Journal Title: Pharmacological Reports - Year 2012, Vol 64, Issue 6
Abstract
It has been proposed that metformin exerts protective effects on ischemic hearts. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of metformin on cardiac function, hemodynamic parameters, and histopathological changes in isoproterenol-induced myocardial infarction (MI).
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Hamid Soraya, Arash Khorrami, Afagh Garjani, Nasrin Maleki-Dizaji, Alireza Garjani
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