Role of Chymase in Matrix and Myocardial Remodeling Due to Mitral Regurgitation: Implications for Therapy

The pure volume overload of mitral regurgitation (MR) has many unique features including matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activation, increased bradykinin, extracellular matrix loss, disruption of the focal adhesion complex, and cardiomyocyte myofibrillar l

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Cardiac Remodeling Molecular Mechanisms

Editors Bodh I. Jugdutt Walter MacKenzie Health Sciences Centre Division of Cardiology University of Alberta Edmonton, AB, Canada

Naranjan S. Dhalla St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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