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The Effects of Multiple Pregnancies on the Murine Heart: Are Changes in Pregnancy-Induced Cardiac Function Exacerbated After Multiple Pregnancies?
Marcus J Wagner
Jan 01, 0001
Hypertrophy, or the enlargement of the heart, can be induced in two forms. A physiological hypertrophy occurs when the heart becomes stronger and can handle increased blood volume and pressure loads because of an increase in...
Pregnancy Mice Murine Heart cardiac hypertrophy Multiparous physiological pathological Biology cardiovascular system Life Sciences translational medical research
Published by: Ursinus College
The Effects of Multiple Pregnancies on the Murine Heart
Marcus J Wagner
Jan 01, 0001
The female heart is adapted to support the hemodynamic load of pregnancy; it hypertrophies during pregnancy then returns to its pre-pregnancy size relatively soon after delivery. This cardiac hypertrophy has generally been...
Published by: Ursinus College