Abstract
Summary
The levels of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) in the myocardium of healthy hamsters and of hamsters afflicted with an inherited dystrophy-like disease were examined. There was a marked elevation in myocardial LPL activity in myopathic hamsters in severe congestive heart failure as compared to symptom-free animals of the same strain and age. LPL from hamster myocardium was enzymatically similar in many respects to myocardial LPL from other species.
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