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Animal Models of Heart Failure

Animal Models of Heart Failure

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Standard clinical features of heart failure (HF) are outlined and defined.
Criteria necessary to identify appropriate animal models used in HF research are included.
Approaches for producing HF animal models with critical clinical features of HF are reviewed.

Read the full article in Circulation Research
Circulation Research. 2012: published online before print May 17, 2012, 10.1161/RES.0b013e3182582523.

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