Myocardial global longitudinal strain: An early indicator of cardiac interstitial fibrosis modified by spironolactone, in a unique hypertensive rat model

• Catherine J. Leader,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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• Mohammed Moharram,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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• Sean Coffey,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2312-4666

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• Ivan A. Sammut,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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• Gerard W. Wilkins,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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• Robert J. Walker

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rob.walker@otago.ac.nz

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3366-0956

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