Beneficial Effects of Physical Exercise on Functional Capacity and Skeletal Muscle Oxidative Stress in Rats with Aortic Stenosis-Induced Heart Failure

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Soleus muscle NADPH oxidase activity analyzed by reduction of lucigenin (a), total reactive species generation by quantifying two dihydroethidium (DHE) oxidation-derived fluorescent compounds, 2-hydroxyethidium and ethidium, using HPLC ((b) and (c)). C-Sed: sedentary control group; C-Ex: exercised control group; AS-Sed: sedentary aortic stenosis group; AS-Ex: exercised aortic stenosis group; : number of animals. Data are mean ± SD (); ANOVA and Tukey; versus C-Ex.

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