Abstract
Heart failure (HF) is one of the most deadly cardiovascular diseases in Brazil. Cardiac hypertrophy, increased fibrosis and capillary density reduction are implicated in its development. Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), throughout their life, develop cardiac hypertrophy due to arterial hypertension (HA) evolution. However, little is known about dexamethasone-effects (DEX) in these a…