Those results are not in accordance with the results of other studies involvingdifferent overload stimuli.21-26 Moreira et al.21 have not found changes in the LWE/FBW ratio of ratssubmitted to chronic pressure overload in an aortic stenosis model after a short periodof treatment with GH (1 mg/kg for 14 days). Here, GH1 is linked to aortic stenosis.