Blueberry extract improves redox balance and functional parameters in the right ventricle from rats with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Patrick TürckIsadora Schein SalvadorCristina Campos-CarraroVanessa OrtizAlan BahrMichael AndradesAdriane Belló-KleinAlex Sander da Rosa AraujoPublished in: European journal of nutrition (2021)
Treatment with BB partially mitigated PAH, which could be associated with improvement of RV redox state. Such findings constitute an advance in the investigation of the role of BB extract in chronic progressive cardiovascular diseases that involve the redox balance, such as PAH.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- growth factor
- cardiovascular disease
- oxidative stress
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- multiple sclerosis
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- anti inflammatory
- recombinant human
- mitral valve
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- combination therapy
- drug induced
- atrial fibrillation
- replacement therapy