Transient intraventricular conduction delay associated with concurrent intake of propafenone and antineoplastic agents.

abstract：AIMS:Rapid restoration of sinus rhythm using pharmacological cardioversion is commonly indicated in patients with symptomatic recent-onset atrial fibrillation (AF). The objectives of this large, international, multicenter observational study were to determine the safety and effectiveness of intravenous (IV) vernakalant...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Lévy S,Hartikainen J,Ritz B,Juhlin T,Carbajosa-Dalmau J,Domanovits H

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) drives an intense inflammatory response that contributes to infarct healing and cardiac remodeling. Recently, different studies have identified a role of interleukin-1 (IL-1) in the development of adverse cardiac remodeling. However, in animal models of AMI IL-1 has been shown ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Toldo S,Schatz AM,Mezzaroma E,Chawla R,Stallard TW,Stallard WC,Jahangiri A,Van Tassell BW,Abbate A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We tested if inhibition of phosphodiesterases (PDEs) with IBMX (1-methyl-3-isobutylxanthine) can modulate the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening by inactivating glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK-3β). METHODS:H9c2 cells were exposed to 600 μM H(2)O(2) for 20 min to cause the mPTP opening. ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Chanoit G,Zhou J,Lee S,McIntosh R,Shen X,Zvara DA,Xu Z

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicorandil (N) and isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) are vasodilator drugs used in patients with angina. In 24 healthy male volunteers (18-32 years), the acute effect of a single oral dose (20 mg) of N and ISDN on arterial diameter (D), distensibility, and compliance of the elastic common carotid artery (CCA) and the muscul...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Kool MJ,Spek JJ,Struyker Boudier HA,Hoeks AP,Reneman RS,van Herwaarden RH,Van Bortel LM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The primary ain of this study was to investigate the effect of carbachol on ventricular repolarisation in an intact animal heart. METHODS:In five sheep, carbachol was administered to the left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) at 1.0 and 2.5 micromol/ml/min respectively for 3 min. Multiple unipolar ECGs were acquir...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Wang L

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic cardiomyopathy as a distinct entity was first recognized by Rubler et al. in diabetics with congestive heart failure (CHF), who had no evidence of coronary atherosclerosis. The Framingham study showed a 2.4-fold increased incidence of CHF in diabetic men and a 5.1-fold increase in diabetic women over 18 years...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Fein FS,Sonnenblick EH

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A succession of theories arising from last century has attempted to explain why patients with damaged hearts develop peripheral edema. Opposed to the original simple concepts of backward failure, a number of theories of forward failure have been proposed, the cardiac output being considered inadequate for capillary pe...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Harris P

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombolytic therapy has gained widespread acceptance as a means of treating coronary artery thrombosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Although experimental data have demonstrated that timely reperfusion limits the extent of infarction caused by regional ischemia, there is growing evidence that reperfus...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Werns SW,Lucchesi BR

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:During and following cardiac ischemia the levels of circulating fatty acids are elevated, resulting in fatty acid oxidation dominating as a source of oxidative metabolism at the expense of pyruvate oxidation. A decrease in the levels of myocardial malonyl-CoA (an endogenous inhibitor of mitochondrial fatty...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Lopaschuk GD,Stanley WC

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The PPAR-alpha agonists (fibrates) are commonly used in the treatment of dyslipidemia. It has been hypothesized that the cardio-protective effects of fibrates are partially due to immunomodulatory effects. However, there is a paucity of data regarding the effect of fibrates on neutrophilic chemokines such as ep...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Price ET,Welder GJ,Zineh I

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The prevalence and consequences of prediabetic dysglycemia and undiagnosed diabetes is unknown in patients with heart failure (HF) and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and has not been compared to heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). METHODS:We examined the prevalence and outcomes associated...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Kristensen SL,Jhund PS,Lee MMY,Køber L,Solomon SD,Granger CB,Yusuf S,Pfeffer MA,Swedberg K,McMurray JJV,CHARM Investigators and Committees.

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite continuous advances in myocardial revascularization procedures and intracoronary devices, patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) still experience worse prognosis and poor quality of life (QoL). Indeed, chronic stable angina (CSA) is a common disease with a large burden on healthcare costs. Traditionally, C...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Guarini G,Huqi A,Morrone D,Marzilli M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of almokalant on sustained reentrant supraventricular tachycardias. Reentrant tachycardias were induced, using transesophageal atrial stimulation, in 82 patients with atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (n = 54) or AV nodal reentrant tachycardia (n = 28). ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Darpö B,Edvardsson N

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Dofetilide is class III antiarrhythmic agent which prolongs cardiac action potential duration because of selective inhibition of I (Kr), the rapid component of the delayed rectifier K(+) current. Although clinical studies reported on proarrhythmic risk associated with dofetilide treatment, the contributing elec...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Osadchii OE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Markers of thrombosis, inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and neurohumoral activation such as fibrinogen, D-dimer, C-reactive protein, von Willebrand factor, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and chromogranin-A are reported to be linked to the increase of cardiovascular risk for atherosclerosis progression and...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Scientific Committee of the PERTINENT Sub-Study, EUROPA-PERTINENT Investigators.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mechanical stretch is an arrhythmogenic factor found in situations of cardiac overload or dyssynchronic contraction. Ranolazine is an antianginal agent that inhibits the late Na (+) current and has been shown to exert a protective effect against arrhythmias. The present study aims to determine whether ranolazin...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Chorro FJ,del Canto I,Brines L,Such-Miquel L,Calvo C,Soler C,Parra G,Zarzoso M,Trapero I,Tormos Á,Alberola A,Such L

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing elevated levels of low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) significantly reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) events and mortality in hypercholesterolemic patients. CHD risk reduction is proportional to LDL-C reduction. Despite this knowledge, many physicians are not applying existing tre...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： McKenney JM

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+ channel antagonists are agents that interact with the voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel in a highly specific way. The prototype agents of cardiovascular importance are verapamil, nifedipine, and diltiazem, in historical order of appearance. These agents all have different molecular structures and bind separately wit...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Opie LH

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was performed in order to compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of lisinopril, a long-acting angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, with captopril, the shorter acting ACE inhibitor available, in the treatment of elderly patients (mean age 70 +/- 0.5 years) with congestive heart failu...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Morisco C,Condorelli M,Crepaldi G,Rizzon P,Zardini P,Villa G,Argenziano L,Trimarco B

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate cordiodepressive risks of antiarrhythmic treatment with diprafenone, we monitored, in addition to conventional hemodynamic parameters, end-systolic pressure-volume relations to assess potential negative inotropic effects. Thirteen patients underwent hemodynamic analysis with and without the influence of di...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Thormann J,Kramer W,Kremer P,Schlepper M

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Several beta blocking drugs (BB) reduce mortality in systolic heart failure (LVSD). We have compared the initial response to introduction of carvedilol and bisoprolol during the standard dose titration protocols for each drug. METHODS:Approximately 31 unselected patients with stable LVSD were randomised t...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Hamaad A,Lip GY,Nicholls D,MacFadyen RJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium channel blockers are a group of drugs used for the treatment of hypertension. Carbonic anhydrase (CA) I detected in vascular smooth muscle and in other cells in the organism has a major role in the acid-base balance and in vascular processes. Our previous work has proven that verapamil inhibits CA activity by ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Puscas L,Gilau L,Coltau M,Pasca R,Domuta G,Baican M,Hecht A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although erythropoietin (EPO) is known to express angiogenic and cardioprotective effects, it also induces hypertension, polycythemia, and platelet activation, which may cause serious adverse effects in patients with cardiovascular diseases. We compared the angiogenic effects of EPO and its nonerythropoietic de...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Yanagawa T,Toba K,Kato K,Suzuki T,Minagawa S,Saigawa T,Ozawa T,Oda M,Takayama T,Hanawa H,Higuchi M,Saito H,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of low-dose rivaroxaban plus aspirin versus aspirin alone for patients with stable cardiovascular diseases in the Taiwan setting. METHODS:We constructed a Markov model to project the lifetime direct medical costs and quality-adjusted life-years of both the...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Lee MC,Liao CT,Toh HS,Chou CC,Chang WT,Chen ZC,Wu WS,Yu T,Strong C

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Preconditioning and stunning are the chief adaptive changes induced in myocardium by a brief episode of reversible ischemia followed by arterial reperfusion. In the dog heart, both coexist for a period of at least 20 minutes of reperfusion, but after 120 minutes of reflow, preconditioning is much diminished, while stu...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Jennings RB,Murry CE,Reimer KA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Surrogate markers represent a significant contribution to early diagnosis, longitudinal prognoses, and outcome prediction in cases of hypertension. They often enable detection of disease and disease potential when the disease is still subclinical and are useful noninvasive tools for designing and evaluatin...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Maisel AS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rational approach to the treatment of chronic myocardial ischemia requires an appreciation of the pathophysiology of coronary artery disease and the treatment options available. Any factor that causes an imbalance between myocardial oxygen supply and demand can provoke ischemia. Myocardial oxygen requirements rise w...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Cohn PF

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The VHAS (Verapamil-Hypertension Atherosclerosis Study) Investigators entered 1464 patients with essential hypertension and blood pressure (BP) values > or = 160 mmHg systolic and 95 mmHg diastolic (DBP) but excluded those with a DBP > or = 115 mmHg, and those with diabetes mellitus or previous myocardial infarction o...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Zanchetti A

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the latter half of the 20th century, among participants of the Framingham Heart Study, incidence of heart failure (HF) has declined by about a third in women but not in men and survival after the onset of HF has improved in both sexes; however, HF remains highly lethal with over 50% dying within 5 years after onset...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Kenchaiah S,Vasan RS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The melatonin receptor (MT) agonist ramelteon has a higher affinity to MT1 than for MT2 receptors and induces cardioprotection by involvement of mitochondrial potassium channels. Activation of mitochondrial potassium channels leads to release of free radicals. We investigated whether (1) ramelteon-induced cardi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Stroethoff M,Goetze L,Torregroza C,Bunte S,Raupach A,Heinen A,Mathes A,Hollmann MW,Huhn R

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00