The obese Zucker rat is a valuable model for studying the complex, multi-factorial vascular dysfunction and impaired skeletal muscle perfusion seen in metabolic syndrome.
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Multifactorial perfusion impairment in metabolic syndrome may guide future therapies; supports obese Zucker rat as model but leaves clinical translation open.
Frisbee et al. (2006) studied this question.
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