In rats with cardiorenal syndrome, exendin‑4 increased left ventricular ejection fraction compared with untreated disease.
In plain wordsIn rats with cardiorenal syndrome, exendin‑4 increased the heart's pumping fraction compared with untreated disease.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- IncreaseLeft ventricular ejection fraction
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Cardiorenal syndrome- Comparator
- Untreated cardiorenal syndrome
- Outcome group
- Heart function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- 10 μg/kg/d · 60 daysAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
By day 60, LVEF was highest in the SC and lowest in the CRS, significantly lower in the DCM than in other treatment groups, lower in the CRS-Mel and CRS-Ex4 than in the CRS-Mel-Ex4, and lower in the CRS-Mel than in the CRS-Ex4, whereas
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Adult male SD rats (n=48) were randomly and equally divided into sham control (SC), dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) (doxorubicin 7 mg/kg i.p. every five days/4 doses), CRS (defined as DCM+CKD) only, CRS-Mel (20 mg/kg/d), CRS-Ex4 (10 μg/kg/d), and CRS-Mel-Ex4 groups.