Renal renin-angiotensin system activation in acute heart failure and its association with endothelial dysfunction, inflammation and oxidative stress.

Introduction and objectives: Acute heart failure (AHF) and cardiogenic shock (CS) are associated with high hospitalization and mortality rates. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) activation and redox dysfunction contribute to cardiac and renal dysfunction, but their interplay in human AHF a...

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Main Author: Álvaro Alexandre Ferreira Duarte (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/134564
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/134564