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Diltiazem prevents the damage to cultured aortic smooth muscle cells induced by hyperlipidemic serum

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Diltiazem, a calcium antagonist, significantly reduced the increased45Ca uptake and the number of dead cells in cultured aortic smooth muscle cells induced by hyperlipidemic serum.

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  1. The First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, 890, Kagoshima, Japan

    K. Saito, S. Birou, H. Fukunaga, M. Kakei, T. Kashima & H. Tanaka

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Saito, K., Birou, S., Fukunaga, H. et al. Diltiazem prevents the damage to cultured aortic smooth muscle cells induced by hyperlipidemic serum. Experientia 42, 412–414 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02118634

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