Sexual Dimorphism of Cardiovascular Ischemia Susceptibility Is Mediated by Heme Oxygenase

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Experimental design: in vitro, ex vivo, in vivo measurements from heart aorta in intact female (in the proestrus phase) and male Wistar rats HO-1: heme oxygenase 1; HO-2: heme oxygenase 2; AVP: Arginine vasopressin.