Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 99-106 , March 2011

Atrial myocardial nox2 containing NADPH oxidase activity contribution to oxidative stress in mitral regurgitation: potential mechanism for atrial remodeling

  • Jen-Ping Chang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Hsien 83301, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Mien-Cheng Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Hsien 83301, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Hsien 83301, Taiwan, Republic of China. Tel.: +886 7 731 7123x8300; fax: +886 7 732 2402.
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  • Wen-Hao Liu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Hsien 83301, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Cheng-Hsu Yang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Hsien 83301, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Chien-Jen Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Hsien 83301, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Yung-Lung Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Hsien 83301, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Kuo-Li Pan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Hsien 83301, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Tzu-Hsien Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Hsien 83301, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Hsueh-Wen Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, Republic of China

Received 26 April 2009 ,Revised 21 December 2009 ,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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 Disclosure: No conflict of interest exists in this study.

PII: S1054-8807(09)00157-4

doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2009.12.005

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 99-106 , March 2011

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