Carotid Body Denervation Improves Survival with Sympatho-inhibition in Rats with Hypertensive Heart Failure

AST-120, an Adsorbent of Uremic Toxins Improved the Cardioprotective Signaling in Pacinginduced Heart Failure Dog HYEMOON CHUNG, HIROSHI ASANUMA, SHIN ITO, KYUNG-DUK MIN, KAZUHIRO SHINDO, MIKI IMAZU, HIROKI FUKUDA, HIROKO TAKAHAMA, MASANORI ASAKURA, MASAFUMI KITAKAZE Clinical Research and Development, National Cerebral and Cardiocascular Center, Suita, Japan; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan