cardiovascular system
• although not displaying any abnormalities at birth, cardiac hypertrophy is present at 8 months of age but not at 1 month
• 46% increase in heart weight/body weight ratio
• cardiac function remained normal through 8 months of age
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• mass increases by 105% as a result of thoracic aorta banding as opposed to 56% in controls
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muscle
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• no change in the abundance of slow fibers
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• mass increases by 105% as a result of thoracic aorta banding as opposed to 56% in controls
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growth/size/body
• although not displaying any abnormalities at birth, cardiac hypertrophy is present at 8 months of age but not at 1 month
• 46% increase in heart weight/body weight ratio
• cardiac function remained normal through 8 months of age
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• mass increases by 105% as a result of thoracic aorta banding as opposed to 56% in controls
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