Research Article

Qiliqiangxin Improves Cardiac Function through Regulating Energy Metabolism via HIF-1α-Dependent and Independent Mechanisms in Heart Failure Rats after Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Qiliqiangxin (QL) improved cardiac function and decreased serum NT-proBNP levels via the HIF-1α signaling pathway. (a) QL improved cardiac function with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (EF), left ventricular fractional shortening (FS), left ventricular internal diameter at end-diastole (LVIDd), and left ventricular internal diameter at end systole (LVIDs), while the HIF-1α inhibitor partly suppressed these protective effects of QL (/group). (b) QL decreased serum NT-proBNP levels in a HIF-1α-dependent manner (/group). Data are expressed as . and compared with the sham group; # and ## compared with the MI group; & and && compared with the MI+QL group.
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