ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, cilt.16, sa.2, ss.76-83, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective: High altitude and hypoxic preconditioning have cardioprotective effects by increasing coronary vascularity, reducing post-ischemic injury, and improving cardiac function. Our purpose was to examine if intermittent hypoxia treatment has any restoring effects related to the possible role of the HIF-1/VEGF pathway on diabetic cardiomyopathy.