Hypercholesterolemia

Studies from Michigan State University describe new findings in hypercholesterolemia

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, February 1st, 2010

In this recently published article, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To establish a link between hypercholesterolemia and myocardial dysfunction. Heart failure is a complex disease involving changes in systolic and diastolic function."

"Newer echocardiographic imaging modalities may be able to detect discreet changes in myocardial function associated with hypercholesterolemia. Therefore we sought to establish a link between hypercholesterolemia and myocardial dysfunction with tissue Doppler imaging (TDI). Twenty-seven rabbits were studied: 7 were fed normal chow (group 1) and 20 a high cholesterol diet (10 with ezetimibe, 1 mg/kg/day; group 2 and 10...

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