Abstract:The number of patients with renal failure is 240 million worldwide, with 20% being dependent on dialysis. Renal failure increases the risk to develop cardiovascular diseases and could be related to vessel wall dysfunction.Gaining a better understanding of arterial dysfunction under uremic conditions and especially its effect on NO‐soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) mediated vasorelaxation.For uremic rats, 5/6 nephrectomy (n=21) was performed in Wistar rats. After six weeks, both carotid arteries were removed and … Show more
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