Left atrial pacing induces memory and is associated with atrial tachyarrhythmias.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Platelets contain numerous substances regulating angiogenic response. However, the regulatory role of platelets in blood vessel development remains to be elucidated. We investigated the comprehensive effect of platelets as a cellular system on angiogenesis. METHODS:The following approaches were applied: (a)...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Brill A,Elinav H,Varon D

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Myocardial cellular electrophysiology and intracellular Ca2+ regulation are altered in heart failure. The extent of these changes may vary within the layers of the ventricular wall. To examine this, cell size, action potential and intracellular Ca2+ transient characteristics (Fura-2) were measured in single c...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： McIntosh MA,Cobbe SM,Smith GL

更新日期：2000-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The functional status of heart failure (HF) is conventionally evaluated by peak exercise oxygen consumption (VO2 max). Dobutamine echocardiography can be used to evaluate myocardial reserve. The aim of this study was to estimate the functional status of chronic HF in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, by ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Paraskevaidis IA,Tsiapras DP,Adamopoulos S,Kremastinos DT

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We propose that ischemic preconditioning (IPC) and mitochondrial K(ATP) channel activation protect the myocardium by inhibiting mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP) opening at reperfusion. METHODS:Isolated rat hearts were subjected to 35 min ischemia/120 min reperfusion and assigned to the follo...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hausenloy DJ,Maddock HL,Baxter GF,Yellon DM

更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Caveolae are membrane microdomains where important signalling pathways are assembled and molecular effects transduced. In this study, we hypothesized that shear stress-mediated vasodilation (SSD) of mouse small coronary arteries (MCA) is caveolae-dependent. METHODS AND RESULTS:MCA (80-150 μm) isolated from wild-t...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Chai Q,Wang XL,Zeldin DC,Lee HC

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Afterload reduction is known to reduce regurgitant flow in patients with aortic regurgitation. Both arterial compliance and total peripheral resistance are determinants of afterload. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of arterial compliance and total peripheral resistance on the regurgi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Slørdahl SA,Piene H

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) regulation in endothelial cells depends on transient receptor potential channels (TRPs), and the role of canonical TRPs (TRPCs) during hypoxia-reoxygenation (H-R) is unclear. We hypothesized that TRPC3 contributes to endothelial nitric oxide (NO) release and that H-R may reduce T...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Huang JH,He GW,Xue HM,Yao XQ,Liu XC,Underwood MJ,Yang Q

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of sublingual glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) were studied in ten patients without heart failure during diagnostic cardiac catheterisation following angiography. GTN caused substantial reduction in peak left ventricular and aortic pressure (19 mmHg) with lesser reduction in mean aortic pressure (9 mmHg) and no chang...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Yaginuma T,Avolio A,O'Rourke M,Nichols W,Morgan JJ,Roy P,Baron D,Branson J,Feneley M

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to determine whether the deleterious effects of anaesthesia on cardiac muscle function were due to disturbance of protein synthesis. Comparative investigations were made on anaerobic and aerobic skeletal muscles, and plasma insulin and growth hormone levels were also measured to...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Siddiq T,Richardson PJ,Hashim IA,Preedy VR

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible role of prostacyclin (PGI2) in the pathogenesis of hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). METHODS:Measurement of mRNA and protein levels of PGH synthase (PGHS)-1, PGI2 synthase and the PGI2 receptor, in the thoracic aorta was performed in SHR...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Numaguchi Y,Harada M,Osanai H,Hayashi K,Toki Y,Okumura K,Ito T,Hayakawa T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cytokine induction of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) on cardiac myocytes may be a critical step in cardiac inflammation associated with acute myocardial infarction and myocarditis. The aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), a homologue o...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Ban K,Ikeda U,Takahashi M,Kanbe T,Kasahara T,Shimada K

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of digoxin, at two different inotropic levels, was examined in normo- and hyperkalaemic dogs. For similar inotropic responses, normo- and hyperkalaemic dogs had similar levels of (Na+, K+)-ATPase inhibition and microsomal-bound digoxin. ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Goldman RH,Coltart DJ,Schweizer E,Snidow G,Harrison DC

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recombinant retroviral vectors have been shown to be useful tools for marking cells so as to follow their fates during development. The aim of this study was to determine the utility and advantages of an adenoviral vector as a tool to study the heart as it develops from a simple tube into a complex four-cham...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Fisher SA,Watanabe M

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this work was to compare the effects of supplementation of rat chow diet with potassium (K+) and whey mineral concentrate (Whey), a diet rich in milk minerals, on blood pressure and arterial responses in vitro in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). METHODS:Thirty young SHR and twenty Wistar-Kyo...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Wu X,Tolvanen JP,Hutri-Kähönen N,Kähönen M,Mäkynen H,Korpela R,Ruskoaho H,Karjala K,Pörsti I

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eicosanoids are important mediators of both physiological and pathophysiological responses of the microcirculation. These biologically active lipid mediators can be produced locally by the cellular elements within the microvasculature (endothelium, pericytes, smooth muscle cells) as well as interstitial cells (e.g. fi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gerritsen ME

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Myocardial ischemia results in an early phase of arrhythmias that primarily involves reentrant mechanisms. However, the trigger that initiates reentry remains unknown. We studied the initiation of reentry attending the development of electrical heterogeneity during simulated ischemia in isolated canine right...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Lukas A,Antzelevitch C

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Endothelial hyperpermeability exacerbates multiple organ damage during inflammation or infection. The endothelial glycocalyx, a protective matrix covering the luminal surface of endothelial cells (ECs), undergoes enzymatic shedding during inflammation, contributing to barrier hyperpermeability. A disintegrin and m...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Yang X,Meegan JE,Jannaway M,Coleman DC,Yuan SY

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic preconditioning is a powerful biologic phenomenon that activates innate cell survival programs to protect the heart from ischemic injury. The preponderance of research into classical ischemic preconditioning has focused on signaling pathways orchestrating cardioprotection. Conceptually classified into trigger...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Minners J,McLeod CJ,Sack MN

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN), retained in the microvascular bed, can contribute to postischemic myocardial reperfusion injury. Since a beneficial effect of ACE-inhibition on reperfusion injury has been reported, we investigated the impact of cilazaprilat on PMN dependent reperfusion injury in isolated g...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kupatt C,Habazettl H,Zahler S,Weber C,Becker BF,Messmer K,Gerlach E

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the responses to a brief interruption of a train of steady state beats, namely: (1) a single prolonged depolarisation within the train; (2) a single short interval within the train; (3) a single long interval within the train. These responses are predicted by a two compartment model of intracellular ca...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Noble MI,Arlock P,Gath J,Grainger N,Ravens U,Wohlfart B

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) encodes the rapidly activating delayed rectifier potassium channel (IKr). Malfunction of hERG/IKr is the primary cause of acquired long QT syndrome (LQTS), an electrical disorder of the heart that can cause arrhythmias and sudden death. Patients with autoimmune diseases ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Szendrey J,Lamothe SM,Vanner S,Guo J,Yang T,Li W,Davis J,Joneja M,Baranchuk A,Zhang S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Action potential prolongation related to the alteration of several membrane currents is constantly reported in heart failure (HF) but reports about its role in arrhythmogenesis are sparse. Our aim was to determine, by analogy with long QT syndromes, whether prolonged repolarization is associated with increas...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Lacroix D,Gluais P,Marquié C,D'Hoinne C,Adamantidis M,Bastide M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In acute myocardial infarction (MI), reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated in the ischaemic myocardium especially after reperfusion. ROS directly injure the cell membrane and cause cell death. However, ROS also stimulate signal transduction to elaborate inflammatory cytokines, e.g. tumour necrosis factor-alpha (...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hori M,Nishida K

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to investigate the effects of a calcium antagonist (diltiazem) and a catecholamine (noradrenaline) on extracellular potassium accumulation during global ischaemia. METHODS:Extracellular potassium concentration ([K+]e) was measured during 30 min global ischaemia in the isolated rat heart using a v...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Mitani A,Kinoshita K,Fukamachi K,Sakamoto M,Kurisu K,Fukumura F,Tsuruhara Y,Nakashima A,Tokunaga K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The failing heart is characterized by alterations in energy metabolism, including mitochondrial dysfunction and a reduction in fatty acid (FA) oxidation rate, which is partially compensated by an increase in glucose utilization. Together, these changes lead to an impaired capacity to convert chemical energy into mecha...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： van Bilsen M,van Nieuwenhoven FA,van der Vusse GJ

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The significance of pre-existing coronary collaterals for preservation of the myocardium during coronary occlusion and reperfusion was studied in anaesthetised open-chest dogs. The extent of myocardial ischaemic damage was assessed by the accumulation of calcium in the central zone of the ischaemic area and the size o...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Tanabe M,Fujiwara S,Ohta N,Shimamoto N,Hirata M

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients who had suffered myocardial infarction within the previous 3 to 13 days performed face immersion with breath-holding. The maximum reduction in heart rate was 17 +/- 9 beats-min--1 (mean +/- SD). When compared with 24 patients without evidence ischaemic heart disease, they behaved more like younger pati...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gooden BA,Holdstock G,Hampton JR

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is thought to be a central player in regulating myocardial metabolism and its activation has been shown to inhibit cardiac hypertrophy. Recently, mice with muscle-specific deletion of AMPK β1/β2 subunits (AMPKβ1β2-deficient mice, β1β2M-KO) have been generated and possess <10% of...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Sung MM,Zordoky BN,Bujak AL,Lally JS,Fung D,Young ME,Horman S,Miller EJ,Light PE,Kemp BE,Steinberg GR,Dyck JR

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to determine in desmin homozygous mutant mice the viscoelastic properties, the mechanical strength and the structure of the carotid artery. METHODS:To assess the viscoelastic properties of large arteries, we have performed an in vivo analysis of the diameter-, and distensibility-pressure curves o...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Lacolley P,Challande P,Boumaza S,Cohuet G,Laurent S,Boutouyrie P,Grimaud JA,Paulin D,Lamazière JM,Li Z

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect on the microcirculation of long term administration of the alpha 1 blocker prazosin, which increases peripheral blood flow, was studied in skeletal muscles with differing metabolic profiles. Prazosin (50 mg.litre-1), given ad libitum for 5 weeks in the drinking water, resulted in an increase in capillarity ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Dawson JM,Hudlická O

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00