In the hypertensive Dahl salt rat model, abnormal calcium handling does not appear to precede or initiate the transition from compensated hypertrophy to heart failure.
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Prolonged relaxation without Ca²⁺ transient changes in this model does not support early calcium dysregulation as HF initiator; leaves open alternative mechanisms for study.
Nagata et al. (1998) studied this question.
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