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Left ventricular cell hypertrophy in dogs with aortic stenosis was accelerated by surgical denervation of the left ventricle. We conclude that there are neural mechanisms which, when present, inhibit cardiac cell hypertrophy.
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This work was supported by a grant of the Ministry of Education in Japan for 1981.
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Matoba, T., Adachi, K., Ito, T. et al. Cardiac hypertrophy in surgically denervated dogs with aortic stenosis. Experientia 40, 73–75 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959108
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