Samara Cristina Ferreira-Machado,Nazareth N. Rocha,André Luiz Mencalha,Luiz Dione Barbosa de Melo,Camila Salata,Andréia Fortes Ribeiro,Thiago da Silva Torres,Carlos Alberto Mandarim‐de‐Lacerda,Paulo César Canary,Antônio Augusto de Freitas Peregrino,Luís Alexandre Gonçalves Magalhães,Januário B. Cabral‐Neto,Carlos Eduardo de Almeida
Purpose: To investigate changes in cardiac functional parameters and the cardiac expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1), procollagen type I (proc-I) and transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) in rats irradiated at heart.