Increased Clearance of Reactive Aldehydes and Damaged Proteins in Hypertension-Induced Compensated Cardiac Hypertrophy: Impact of Exercise Training

Figure 2

Exercise training improves myocardial contractility in hypertensive rats. Representative images of left ventricle (LV) (a). Cardiomyocyte width (b) and peak positive (LV ) (c) and peak negative (LV ) (d) values of the first derivative of the LV pressure in control (normotensive), sedentary spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), and swimming-trained SHR (SHRt). Data are presented as mean ± SEM. versus control. versus SHR.

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