Why the study?
Does chronic alcohol ingestion affect heart function and blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats?
Does chronic alcohol ingestion affect heart function and blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats?
High chronic intake of ethanol reduces blood pressure in hypertensive rats, likely due to direct myocardial toxicity, which may mask hypertension while contributing to myocardial disease.
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Chronic ethanol may mask hypertension via myocardial depression in SHR; leaves open human relevance.
Sanderson et al. (1983) studied this question.
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