Alterations in excitation of mammalian myocardium as a function of chronic loading and their implications in the mechanical events.

abstract：:Myocardial lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity during ischaemia has not been fully understood, although it plays an important role in regulating myocardial fatty acid metabolism. In this experiment, the effects of ischaemia (Experiment A) and anoxia (Experiment B) on two distinct fractions of LPL, i.e. functional and no...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Mochizuki S,Murase T,Yamaoka H,Ishiki M,Tada N,Nagano M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the force-frequency relationship (0.5-3 Hz) in non-failing human myocardium and in end-stage failing human myocardium due to dilated cardiomyopathy or subacute myocarditis. In non-failing myocardium, force of contraction increased with increasing stimulation frequency. In end-stage heart failure, the f...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Pieske B,Hasenfuss G,Holubarsch C,Schwinger R,Böhm M,Just H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rate or frequency-dependence is a characteristic property of antiarrhythmic drugs belonging to the Vaughan William classes I and III. The rate-dependence of class I drugs (i.e., increasing blockade of fast Na(+)-channels with faster rates) results from periodical drug binding to Na(+)-channel sites which are preferabl...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Weirich J,Antoni H

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase in extracellular potassium concentration from 4 to 16 mmol/l caused a decrease in membrane potential from -92 to -59 mV and selectively diminished the earlier of two contraction components of guinea-pig papillary muscles at 0.2 Hz stimulation frequency in the presence of noradrenaline. The influence on the...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Vierling W,Seibel K,Reiter M

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, hydrogen sulfide has emerged as an important cardioprotective molecule with potential for clinical applications. Although several pathways have been proposed to mediate the beneficial effects of H2S, the NO/cGMP axis has attracted significant attention. Recent evidence has suggested that cGMP-dep...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Andreadou I,Iliodromitis EK,Szabo C,Papapetropoulos A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiomyopathy is one of the most common causes of chronic heart failure worldwide. Mutations in the gene encoding nexilin (NEXN) occur in patients with both hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM); however, little is known about the pathophysiological mechanisms and relevance of NEXN to these disorders. Here, w...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Aherrahrou Z,Schlossarek S,Stoelting S,Klinger M,Geertz B,Weinberger F,Kessler T,Aherrahrou R,Moreth K,Bekeredjian R,Hrabě de Angelis M,Just S,Rottbauer W,Eschenhagen T,Schunkert H,Carrier L,Erdmann J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A methodological approach based on Frank's pressure-volume (P-V) diagram and model calculations for analyzing the determinants of stroke volume (SV) under conditions of altered ventricular geometrical configuration is discussed with respect to the underlying geometrical models. The approach is generalized in the sense...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Dierberger B,Brändle M,Gülch RW,Jacob R

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischemia and infarction are the most common substrates for life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Experimental and clinical evidence suggests that enhanced activity of the sympathetic nervous system plays an important role in the genesis of ischemia-related arrhythmias. In animal experiments, beta-b...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Haverkamp W,Gülker H,Hindricks G,Breithardt G

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerotic plaque rupture is the key event in the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndromes and it also occurs during coronary interventions. Atherosclerotic plaque rupture does not always result in complete thrombotic occlusion of the epicardial coronary artery with subsequent impending myocardial infarction, but...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Skyschally A,Leineweber K,Gres P,Haude M,Erbel R,Heusch G

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the control perfused working rat hearts subjected to 25 min global ischemia, reperfusion resulted in a 50% recovery of the hemodynamic functions. A concentration-dependent improvement of this recovery and a reduction of the postischemic lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release was caused by calmidazolium (CMZ), trifluop...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Beresewicz A

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia with a strong genetic component. Molecular pathways involving the homeodomain transcription factor Shox2 control the development and function of the cardiac conduction system in mouse and zebrafish. Here we report the analysis of human SHOX2 as a potent...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Hoffmann S,Clauss S,Berger IM,Weiß B,Montalbano A,Röth R,Bucher M,Klier I,Wakili R,Seitz H,Schulze-Bahr E,Katus HA,Flachsbart F,Nebel A,Guenther SP,Bagaev E,Rottbauer W,Kääb S,Just S,Rappold GA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) given just prior to reperfusion reduces infarction in rabbit hearts and whether protection is related to activation of protein kinase G (PKG). Isolated rabbit hearts were subjected to a 30-min period of regional ischemia; treated hearts received a 20-min infusio...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Yang XM,Philipp S,Downey JM,Cohen MV

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitroglycerin (GTN) and other organic nitrates are widely used vasodilators. Their side effects are development of nitrate tolerance and endothelial dysfunction. Given the potential of GTN to induce nitro-oxidative stress, we investigated the interaction between nitro-oxidative DNA damage and vascular dysfunction in e...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Mikhed Y,Fahrer J,Oelze M,Kröller-Schön S,Steven S,Welschof P,Zinßius E,Stamm P,Kashani F,Roohani S,Kress JM,Ullmann E,Tran LP,Schulz E,Epe B,Kaina B,Münzel T,Daiber A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is commonly thought that the optimal method for intracoronary administration of cells is to stop coronary flow during cell infusion, in order to prolong cell/vascular wall contact, enhance adhesion, and promote extravasation of cells into the interstitial space. However, occlusion of a coronary artery with a balloo...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Keith MC,Tokita Y,Tang XL,Ghafghazi S,Moore JB 4th,Hong KU,Elmore JB,Amraotkar AR,Guo H,Ganzel BL,Grubb KJ,Flaherty MP,Vajravelu BN,Wysoczynski M,Bolli R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated the presence of autoantibodies against alpha(1)-adrenoceptor (alpha(1)-AAB) in the serum of patients with primary hypertension, and that these autoantibodies exert adrenergic-agonist-like effects. However, their role in the development of hypertension remains unclear. The current study...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Yan L,Xu Y,Yao H,Xue W,Tian J,Ren H,Wu Y,Yang G,Ma XL,Liu H

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac mass, cell size and capillary supply were studied in the hearts of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and compared to genetically similar non-hypertensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) of three adult ages: 5, 15 and 23 months. The left ventricular weight of SHR was not significantly greater than that of WKY at 5 month...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Rakusan K,Hrdina PW,Turek Z,Lakatta EG,Spurgeon HA,Wolford GD

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Two types of hemodynamic overload, pressure and volume overload, result in morphologically distinct types of cardiac remodeling. We explored the possibility that distinct hemodynamic overload may differentially activate the signal transduction pathway. METHODS:Pressure and volume overload were induced by tho...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Miyamoto T,Takeishi Y,Takahashi H,Shishido T,Arimoto T,Tomoike H,Kubota I

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SIRT6, a member of the NAD(+)-dependent class III deacetylase sirtuin family, has been revealed to play important roles in promoting cellular resistance against oxidative stress. The formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and oxidative stress are the crucial mechanisms underlying cellular damage and dysfunction in...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Wang XX,Wang XL,Tong MM,Gan L,Chen H,Wu SS,Chen JX,Li RL,Wu Y,Zhang HY,Zhu Y,Li YX,He JH,Wang M,Jiang W

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the cardiac current Ik1 in arrhythmogenesis remains highly controversal. To gain further insights into the mechanisms of IK1 involvement in cardiac excitability, we studied the susceptibility of transgenic mice with altered IK1 to arrhythmia during various pharmacological and physiological challenges. Arrh...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Piao L,Li J,McLerie M,Lopatin AN

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the chronically volume-overloaded canine heart due to AV-block evaluations of cardiac function were performed during the development of hypertrophy and at stable hypertrophy. In an early stage (1 and 2 weeks of AV-block) when no or only a slight increase of cardiac muscle occurred, contractility measured from dP/dt...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Wüsten B,Flameng W,Schaper W

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we review the replacement (i.e., scarring) and reactive (i.e., perivascular and interstitial fibrosis) fibrous tissue responses found in the myocardium in response to effector hormones of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Experimental data are presented to indicate: a) endogenous or exogenous el...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Weber KT,Brilla CG,Campbell SE,Guarda E,Zhou G,Sriram K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carnitine system functions in the transport of activated acyl groups over the mitochondrial inner membrane, and is needed for oxidation of long-chain fatty acids by all mitochondria. The rate of cardiac fatty acid oxidation is determined by availability of fatty acids, oxygen and the activity of carnitine palmitoy...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Scholte HR,Luyt-Houwen IE,Vaandrager-Verduin MH

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proximal segments of the left coronary artery are foreshortended in the usual projections. By additional cranio-caudal (half axial) projections the X-ray beam can be directed perpendicular to these segments. In some patients lesions especially of the left main coronary artery or the proximal LAD can be seen or acc...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Rentrop P

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 elicited a concentration-dependent positive inotropic effect on the isolated rabbit, guinea pig, and rat, but not on the dog ventricular myocardium. The duration of isometric contractions was prolonged by endothelin-1 in a concentration-dependent manner, mainly by prolongation of relaxation time. Phorbol ...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Endoh M,Takanashi M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared in open-chest dogs the evolution of adenine nucleotides and creatine phosphate to that of regional mechanical function during ischemia and reperfusion. Reperfusion restored normal value of creatine phosphate whereas adenine nucleotide level remained depressed. The percentage of systolic shortening, wh...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Vial C,Crozatier B,Goldschmidt D,Font B

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies demonstrated that NADPH oxidase 2 (NOX2) expression in myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion (IR) is significantly upregulated. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. This study aims to determine if nuclear cardiac myosin light chain 2 (MYL2), a well-known regulatory subunit of myosin, funct...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Zhang YS,Liu B,Luo XJ,Li TB,Zhang JJ,Peng JJ,Zhang XJ,Ma QL,Hu CP,Li YJ,Peng J,Li Q

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is theoretically described to test the accuracy of various lead system of the ecg. The priniciple of this method consists in the following procedure. The heart position is changed maximally in a proband by varying the position of the body and by deep inspiration and exspiration. If the lead field is parallel,...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Hiltmann WD,Schaefer H

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental profiles of the protective mechanisms of heart against peroxidative injury during neonatal growth was examined in the pigs of three different age groups. Lipid peroxidation expressed in terms of malonaldehyde formation was considerably higher in the pig hearts of the 8-10 day age group compared to th...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Das DK,Engelman RM,Flansaas D,Otani H,Rousou J,Breyer RH

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of the rhesus monkey to form coronary collaterals was tested in ten animals. Ameroid constrictors were implanted on the left circumflex coronary artery and allowed to remain for 12 weeks. One animal died of an acute myocardial infarction nine days after surgery; the remaining animals survived without clini...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Buss DD,Hyde DM,Steffey EP

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac hypertrophy which occurs during chronic mechanical overload is one of the numerous examples of biological adaptation to environmental requirements. As such, it is obtained at random by trial and error, and adaptation represents the sum of various modifications in gene expression, including the shift in isoform...

journal_title：Basic research in cardiology

authors： Chevalier B,Charlemagne D,Callens-el Amrani F,Carre F,Moalic JM,Delcayre C,Mansier P,Swynghedauw B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00