Exploring the Quality of Anticoagulant Prescribed for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation at the St John of God Hawkesbury District Health Centre, New South Wales, Australia.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe major events at follow up in octogenarian patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) according to anticoagulant treatment: direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) versus vitamin K antagonists (VKAs). METHODS:A total of 578 anticoagulated patients aged ≥80 years with AF were included in a prospective, obse...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Ortiz MR,Muñiz J,Esteve-Pastor MA,Marín F,Roldán I,Cequier A,Martínez-Sellés M,Saldivar HG,Bertomeu V,Anguita M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-molecular-weight heparins (LMWHs) endure as important drugs for thromboprophylaxis. Although clinical use relies on the subcutaneous (SC) route, our previous studies show that single-dose orally administered LMWHs have antithrombotic activity. Since thromboprophylaxis requires long-term treatment, we examined anti...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Hiebert LM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior studies have suggested that intravenous diltiazem reduces the probability of spontaneous conversion of atrial fibrillation (AF) to sinus rhythm in the electrophysiology laboratory and in patients with postoperative AF. Whether diltiazem exerts the same effect in patients presenting to the emergency department (E...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Hassan S,Slim AM,Kamalakannan D,Khoury R,Kakish E,Maria V,Ahmed S,Pires LA,Kronick SL,Oral H,Morady F

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Limited data exist comparing the efficacy and safety of bumetanide- or metolazone-based diuretic regimens to furosemide in acute heart failure (HF). Our purpose was to evaluate the comparative effect on urine output (UO) and renal function between these regimens. METHODS:A retrospective study of hospitali...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Ng TM,Konopka E,Hyderi AF,Hshieh S,Tsuji Y,Kim BJ,Han SY,Phan DH,Jeng AI,Lou M,Elkayam U

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dofetilide is a class III antiarrhythmic agent approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the conversion of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter and maintenance of sinus rhythm in symptomatic patients with persistent arrhythmia. Drug trials showed neutral mortality in post-myocardial infarction patients and th...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Wolbrette DL,Hussain S,Maraj I,Naccarelli GV

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: Nicotine, the active agent in tobacco, is released into the circulation during cigarette smoking. It elevates plasma catecholamines, heart rate, and arterial blood pressure; produces coronary spasm; and increases myocardial work and oxygen demand with concomitant reduction in oxygen supply. This may genera...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Mehta MC,Jain AC,Mehta A,Billie M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overexpression of the L-type voltage-dependent calcium channel alpha(1C)-subunit (L-VDCC OE) in transgenic mice results in adaptive hypertrophy followed by a maladaptive phase associated with a decrease in sarcoplasmic reticulum adenosine triphosphatase (SERCA)2a expression at 8 to 10 months of age. Overexpr...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Rubio M,Bodi I,Fuller-Bicer GA,Hahn HS,Periasamy M,Schwartz A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary effect of ischemia is reduced aerobic adenosine triphosphate (ATP) formation in mitochondria. This triggers accelerated glycolysis and reduced cell pH, Ca(2+) accumulation, K(+) efflux, adenosine formation, and the clinical signs of ischemia: chest pain and a shift in the ST segment. Traditional therapies ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Stanley WC

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CVT-510, N-(3(R)-tetrahydrofuranyl)-6-aminopurine riboside, is a selective A(1)-adenosine receptor agonist with potential potent antiarrhythmic effects in tachycardias involving the atrioventricular (AV) node. This study, the first in humans, was designed to determine the effects of CVT-510 on AV nodal condu...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Lerman BB,Ellenbogen KA,Kadish A,Platia E,Stein KM,Markowitz SM,Mittal S,Slotwiner DJ,Scheiner M,Iwai S,Belardinelli L,Jerling M,Shreeniwas R,Wolff AA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lidocaine-sensitive, repetitive atrial tachycardia is an uncommon arrhythmia. The electrophysiologic substrate is still unknown, and the pharmacologic responses have not been fully explored. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of intravenous adenosine and verapamil in patients with lidocaine-sensitive...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Chiale PA,Faivelis L,Garro HA,Fernández PA,Herrera Paz JJ,Elizari MV

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischemic injury and cardioprotection are characterized by a cascade of molecular changes, which includes gene expression, protein expression, protein localization, interactions, and posttranslational modifications (PTMs). A systems biology approach allows the study of these genes and proteins on a large sca...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Lotz C,Liem D,Ping P

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two patients who were diagnosed with symptomatic sinus node dysfunction in the setting of hypercalcemia secondary to hyperparathyroidism. An extensive review of the literature has not revealed previous reports of this pathologic process. ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Shah AP,Lopez A,Wachsner RY,Meymandi SK,El-Bialy AK,Ichiuji AM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The oral vasopressin-2 receptor antagonist, tolvaptan, causes aquaresis and improves symptoms in patients with congestive heart failure. However, few studies have explored the effect of tolvaptan in acute heart failure (AHF) patients ≥90 years old. METHODS:This study enrolled 106 AHF patients treated with t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Sato Y,Uzui H,Mukai M,Shiomi Y,Hasegawa K,Ikeda H,Tama N,Fukuoka Y,Morishita T,Ishida K,Kaseno K,Miyazaki S,Nakano A,Tada H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of therapy with the potassium-channel opener and vasodilator nicorandil were studied in reperfused infarction of hypertrophied hearts by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), hemodynamic measurements, and histochemical staining. Aortic banding was performed on 22 Sprague-Dawley rats to induce left ventricula...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Schalla S,Higgins CB,Chujo M,Saeed M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a gradual increase in heart rate (HR) during dobutamine stress testing (DST) is desired, few data exists regarding whether this is similarly achieved in patients of widely varying body mass index (BMI). Whether difference in BMI contributes to variation in the hemodynamic and symptomatic response to...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Kittipovanonth M,Bernheim AM,Scott CG,Barnes ME,Shub C,Pellikka PA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute lung injury is a common complication after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Oxidative damage greatly impacts CPB-induced lung ischemic pathogenesis and may represent a target for treatment. We aimed to investigate whether curcumin upregulates heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) expression and ameliorates lung injury i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Liu K,Chen HL,Huang H,Jing H,Dong GH,Wu HW,You QS

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) should be treated with statins to attain very low cholesterol levels, in order to reduce cardiovascular adverse events. More than 70% of these patients do not reach the appropriate cholesterol goal despite moderate statin doses. However, it is not known whether the...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Pesaro AE,Serrano CV Jr,Katz M,Marti L,Fernandes JL,Parra PR,Campos AH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data obtained in both preclinical models and humans have revealed that the favorable cardiac consequences of ischemic conditioning extend beyond a direct effect on the cardiomyocyte. In the current review, we summarize our as-yet limited understanding of the complex relationships between ischemic conditioning, platele...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Przyklenk K,Whittaker P

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: We determined if a single administration of heparin or nonanticoagulant N-acetylheparin could reduce myocardial injury resulting from a 90-minute occlusion of the left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) and 6 hours of reperfusion in the anesthetized canine. METHODS AND RESULTS: Heparin (2 mg/kg), N-acetylhep...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Gralinski MR,Driscoll EM,Friedrichs GS,DeNardis MR,Lucchesi BR

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle tone plays a fundamental role in regulating blood pressure, blood flow, microcirculation, and other cardiovascular functions. The cellular and molecular mechanisms by which vascular smooth muscle contractility is regulated are not completely elucidated. Recent studies show that the actin cytoske...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Tang DD,Anfinogenova Y

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-Adrenergic blockers have a wide spectrum of action for controlling cardiac arrhythmias that is larger than initially thought. Data from the past several decades indicate that, as an antiarrhythmic class, beta-blockers remain among the very few pharmacologic agents that reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Singh BN

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardio-Oncology has blossomed as a new field in cardiovascular medicine, in large part due to new therapies, which may have cardiovascular sequelae. Despite this, anthracyclines still serve as cornerstone therapy for most pediatric cancers, several solid tumors and hematological malignancies. Cardiotoxicity is the mai...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Screever EM,Meijers WC,Moslehi JJ

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Lipoic acid (LA) has been shown to offer protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in multiple organ systems. N-[(R)-1,2-dithiolane-3-pentanoyl]-L-glutamyl-L-alanine (CMX-2043), a novel analogue of LA, was studied as part of a preclinical development program intended to identify safe and efficacious drug ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Baguisi A,Casale RA,Kates SA,Lader AS,Stewart K,Beeuwkes R 3rd

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and a P2Y12 receptor antagonist remains a mainstay in the prevention of ischemic events following coronary stent placement. Significant controversy exists regarding the optimal management of high platelet reactivity despite antiplatelet therapy; however this finding has been cons...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Weeks PA,Sieg A,Paruthi C,Rajapreyar I

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: Digoxin improves baroreflex function and reduces neurohumoral activation in severe heart failure, but it is uncertain how digoxin affects ventricular remodeling and progression to left ventricular dysfunction. In addition, the effect of digoxin in in vitro beta-adrenoceptor density and function, and contra...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Sullebarger JT,D'Ambra PM,Clark LC,Thanikarry L,Fontanet HL

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular remodeling is a compensatory response that comprises the processes of apoptosis, muscle cell hypertrophy, and rearrangement of the extracellular matrix fibers connecting the muscles. These processes are associated with transformation of endothelium and/or fibroblasts to myofibroblasts. Neutral matrix metal...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Tyagi SC,Hoit BD

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of nitric oxide (NO) and noradrenergic activation in the posterior hypothalamus on arterial pressure tolerance induced by subcutaneous injection of nitroglycerin (NTG) was investigated in anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats. Intravenous injections of NTG (3, 10, and 30 microg/kg) and sodium nitroprusside (1, ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Guettler DL,Ma SX

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Qiliqiangxin (QL), a traditional Chinese medicine, has been shown to be beneficial for chronic heart failure. However, whether QL can also improve endothelial cell function in diabetic rats remains unknown. Here, we investigated the effect of QL treatment on endothelial dysfunction by comparing the effect of QL to tha...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Chen F,Wu JL,Fu GS,Mou Y,Hu SJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hESC-CMs) were recently shown to be capable of electromechanical integration following direct injection into intact or recently injured guinea pig hearts, and hESC-CM transplantation in recently injured hearts correlated with improvements in contractile funct...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Shiba Y,Filice D,Fernandes S,Minami E,Dupras SK,Biber BV,Trinh P,Hirota Y,Gold JD,Viswanathan M,Laflamme MA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that the cardioprotective effect of angiotensin II (AngII) type 1 receptor (AT(1)R) blockade during in vivo ischemia-reperfusion (IR) might be associated with an increase in AngII type 2 receptor (AT(2)R) protein, as well as 1,4,5-inositol trisphosphate type 2 receptor (IP(3)R) and protein ki...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Jugdutt BI,Xu Y,Balghith M,Moudgil R,Menon V

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00