Molecular Changes of the Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 Pathway in Myocardial Tissue from Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Heart Transplantation

Montserrat Batlle^1*, Eulàlia Roig², Maria Josep Pulgarin¹, Begoña Campos³, José Ramírez⁴, Jose Luis Pomar⁵, Marta Farrero¹, Maria Ángeles Castel¹, Montserrat Cardona¹, Mercé Roqué¹, Josefina Orús⁶, Ramon Cartaña⁵ and Fèlix Perez-Villa¹

¹Thorax Institute, Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

²Cardiology Department – Hospital de Sant Pau, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

³Department of Public Health, University of Barcelona, Spain

⁴Pathological Anatomy Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain

⁵Thorax Institute, Cardiovascular surgery Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

⁶Hospital Parc Taulí, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

^*Corresponding Author: Montserrat Batlle, PhD, Institut Clínic del Tòrax, C/ Villarroel 170, Escala 1, Planta 6, Barcelona 08036, Spain, Tel: 3493 4516905, Fax: 34934514148 Email: