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From: Inhalation of diesel exhaust does not exacerbate cardiac hypertrophy or heart failure in two mouse models of cardiac hypertrophy

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Effects of short-term diesel exhaust exposure and acute pressure overload on cardiac hypertrophy. Transverse aortic banding (27 gauge needle) was done in conjunction with DE (400 μg/m3, ozone treated) or FA exposure for one week (6 hr/day, 5 days/week). A. Ventricular weight to body weight ratio (VW/BW). FA/sham: n = 3; FA/banding: n = 5; DE/sham: n = 3; DE/banding: n = 5. B. Left ventricular wall thickness (LV WT). FA/sham: n = 2; FA/banding: n = 3; DE/sham: n = 3; DE/banding: n = 5. C. Left ventricular end diastolic dimension (LVEDD). FA/sham: n = 2; FA/banding: n = 3; DE/sham: n = 3; DE/banding: n = 5. D. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). FA/sham: n = 2; FA/banding: n = 3; DE/sham: n = 3; DE/banding: n = 5. FA: filtered air. DE: diesel exhaust.

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