... Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine,University of Thessaly, Larissa 41335, Greece.2Laboratory of AnimalPhysiology, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University ofThessaloniki, ... content afterchronic DOCA-salt hypertension in the rat. Med Sci Res 1992,20:527-529.14. Yoshida K, Kim-Mitsuyama S, Wake R, Izumiya Y, Izumi Y, Yukimura T,Ueda M, Yoshiyama M, Iwao H: Excessaldosteroneunder ... wasapproved by our Institutional Ethical Committee.Model of hypertrophyHypertensive myocardial hypertrophy was established to14 animals (originally 2-months of age and weighing150-200 grams) by concurrent...