Cocoa flavanols and brain perfusion.

abstract：:We investigated the effect of NIP-121, a novel ATP-sensitive K+ channel opener, on myocardial damage during ischemia/reperfusion. The action potential and contractile force of coronary-perfused guinea pig right ventricular walls were recorded. The preparations were subjected to 30-min no-flow ischemia with or without ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Tanaka H,Okazaki K,Shigenobu K

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effect of pioglitazone, an insulin sensitizer, on metabolic abnormalities and oxidative stress as a cause of myocardial collagen accumulation in prediabetic rat hearts. Twenty male diabetic rats and 9 male nondiabetic age-matched rats were used. The diabetic rats were divided into two group...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Tsuji T,Mizushige K,Noma T,Murakami K,Ohmori K,Miyatake A,Kohno M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhanced renin-angiotensin activity causes hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy. The angiotensin (Ang)-converting enzyme (ACE)2/Ang(1-7)/Mas axis pathway functions against Ang II type 1 receptor (AT1R) signaling. We investigated whether olmesartan (Olm), an AT1R blocker, inhibits cardiac hypertrophy independently of b...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Tanno T,Tomita H,Narita I,Kinjo T,Nishizaki K,Ichikawa H,Kimura Y,Tanaka M,Osanai T,Okumura K

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Milrinone is a new inotropic agent for the treatment of refractory congestive heart failure. Our understanding of the mechanisms(s) of action of this synthetic cardiotonic drug is incomplete. We examined the effects of milrinone and the parent compound amrinone on sarcoplasmic reticulum function (45Ca-uptake and Ca-AT...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Earl CQ,Linden J,Weglicki WB

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imipramine, amitriptyline, mianserine, maprotiline, and trazodone are five widely used antidepressant drugs with different chemical structures. Imipramine and amitriptyline are tricyclics, mianserine and maprotiline are tetracyclics, and trazodone is a triazolopyridine derivative. We studied the effects of these drugs...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Casis O,Sánchez-Chapula JA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostacyclin mimetics are vasodilatory agents used in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. The direct effects of prostanoids on right-ventricular (RV) function are unknown. We aimed to investigate the direct effects of prostacyclin mimetics on RV function in hearts with and without RV hypertroph...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Holmboe S,Andersen A,Johnsen J,Nielsen JM,Nørregaard R,Bøtker HE,Clapp LH,Nielsen-Kudsk JE

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using cardiac microdialysis, we studied release of the adenine nucleotide breakdown products (ANBP) adenosine (ADS), inosine (INS), and hypoxanthine (HYP) into the interstitium of canine myocardium during 20- and 40-min occlusion of the anterior descending coronary artery and reperfusion. Dialysate ANBP concentrations...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kuzmin AI,Tskitishvili OV,Serebryakova LI,Saprygina TV,Kapelko VI,Medvedev OS

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is a major disease in the black population of sub-Saharan Africa and the U.S. The prevalence of hypertension varies from 1-30% of the adult population. Differences in blood pressure (BP) between black and white patients have been documented. In this review, genetic, endocrine, and environmental characteri...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Seedat YK

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before the withdrawal of 2 COX-2 selective agents (COX-2s) from the market, many rheumatoid arthritis patients were using these products regularly, with disease-modifying antirheumatic agents. Clinical trials have shown benefit of COX-2s equivalent to nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NS-NSAIDs) in rh...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Strand V

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We briefly review and compare the current knowledge of growth mechanisms for the mitogenic response of endothelial cells and smooth-muscle cells to injury. For the endothelium, this focuses on the evidence that growth control involves two components: an endogenous inhibition mechanism, which can be overcome either by ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Schwartz SM,Liaw L

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three sets of monoclonal antibodies against bradykinin (MBK1, MBK2, and MBK3) were generated by somatic cell fusion, characterized by their peptide specificity, and compared with the known ligand specificity of the kinin receptor subtypes. By these criteria, the paratope of MBK3 resembled the B2 receptor binding site,...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Haasemann M,Buschko J,Faussner A,Roscher AA,Hoebeke J,Burch R,Müller-Esterl W

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term exposure of endothelial cells to molsidomine in vivo and in vitro improves the thromboresistance of endothelial cells, judging from the inhibition of platelet aggregation by endothelial cells in autologous plasma. In cultured endothelial cells, the present studies attempted (a) to show that platelets influen...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Berenger-Bahuet FP,Rolland PH

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in the function and structure of the blood vessel wall account for most clinical events in the coronary and cerebrovascular circulation such as myocardial infarction and stroke. Cardiovascular drugs may exert beneficial effects on the vascular wall both at the level of the endothelium and vascular smooth m...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Lüscher TF,Spieker LE,Noll G,Cosentino F

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the radioactive microsphere technique, we studied the acute systemic and regional hemodynamic effects of felodipine (10, 30, and 100 nmol/kg, i.v.) in conscious renal hypertensive rabbits. A dose-dependent decrease in arterial blood pressure was observed after felodipine administration, accompanied by tachycardi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Bolt GR,Saxena PR

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) causes long-lasting vasoconstriction associated with a prolonged elevation of intracellular free Ca2+. Because this may be mediated through an effect on membrane ion channels, we investigated the effects of the dihydropyridine calcium channel antagonist nifedipine; two structurally distinct K+ chan...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Haynes WG,Waugh CJ,Dockrell ME,Olverman HJ,Williams BC,Webb DJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of lidocaine on the conduction of extrasystoles was studied in 8 open-chest dogs after atrioventricular nodal block. Simultaneous recording of endocardial and epicardial activation provided separate measures of endocardial (Purkinje) conduction as well as myocardial (muscle) conduction. Lidocaine (1.25--10....

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Carson DL,Dresel PE

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP utilization (delta approximately P) during an isometric contraction has been studied in terms of both measurements of oxygen consumption and lactate production as well as of the tissue nucleotide and metabolite levels. The contribution of breakdown of preformed ATP and phosphocreatine (PCr) pools to delta approxim...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Paul RJ,Krisanda JM,Lynch RM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an 8-week, double-blind, randomized, active-controlled, multicenter study with three parallel treatment groups, we compared the efficacy and safety of once-daily 20 mg quinapril plus 12.5 mg hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) with each drug as monotherapy in patients with moderate to severe hypertension. Hypertensive out-p...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Romero R,Castellote E,Ocón J,Wagner B

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epicardial coronary arteries dilate after release of a transient coronary occlusion in awake chronically instrumented dogs but not in anesthetized dogs studied acutely after surgery. To determine whether anesthesia or surgical trauma is responsible for this lack of reactive dilation, we evaluated the effect of anesthe...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Schwartz JS,Bache RJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serotonin (5-HT2A) antagonistic activities and the protective effect on laurate-induced peripheral vascular lesions of AT-1015, a novel 5-HT2 receptor antagonist, were investigated. In platelet aggregation, AT-1015 selectively inhibited in vitro 5-HT2A receptor-mediated aggregation, and the activity was almost equ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kihara H,Hirose K,Koganei H,Sasaki N,Yamamoto H,Kimura A,Nishimori T,Shoji M,Yoshimoto R

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the hemodynamic and inotropic effects of the new class III antiarrhythmic drug melperone. In eight pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs, the effects of intravenous melperone 0.5, 2.5, and 12.5 mg/kg-1 were tested. During atrial pacing we measured cardiac output (CO), mean aortic blood pressure (MAP), right ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Platou ES,Smiseth OA,Refsum H,Rouleau JL,Chuck LH

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac hypertrophy occurs in response to increased workload, such as hypertension or valvular heart disease. Oxidative stress has been implicated in cardiac hypertrophy and in its transition to heart failure. This study was taken up with the objective to evaluate the role of oxidative stress in cardiomyoblast hypertr...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sankar V,Pangayarselvi B,Prathapan A,Raghu KG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enantiomers of tocainide, a Class Ib antiarrhythmic agent, have recently been shown to exhibit differences in antiarrhythmic activity and pharmacokinetic characteristics. The present study examined the antiarrhythmic and electrophysiological effects of SR tocainide, S tocainide, and R tocainide on arrhythmias in a...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Uprichard AC,Allen JD,Harron DW

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of prenylamine (PNL) and AQ-A 39 on sustained ventricular tachycardia (SVT) were studied by programmed stimulation in conscious dogs 4-10 days after ligation of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. In 8 of 16 dogs developing SVT in the control, PNL (3 mg/kg intravenously, i.v.) suppressed in...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Aidonidis I,Egel E,Hilbel T,Kuebler W,Brachmann J

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to investigate the interaction between endothelin-1 (ET-1) and norepinephrine (NE) on contractile regulation in dog ventricular myocardium. ET-1 alone did not elicit any inotropic response in isolated dog ventricular trabeculae (37 degrees C, 0.5 Hz). In the presence of NE at a high co...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Chu L,Endoh M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of [3H]ketanserin and [125I]BE 2254 [( beta-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethylaminomethyl]tetralone) was characterized in human brain cortex membranes. As observed in saturation experiments, [3H]ketanserin (a reportedly selective serotonin 5-HT2 ligand) and [125I]BE 2254 (a selective alpha 1-adrenergic antagonists) la...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hoyer D,Vos P,Closse A,Palacios JM,Engel G,Davies H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to assess the effects of chronic treatment with an orally active chymase inhibitor, 4-[1-(naphthylmethyl)benzimidazol-2-ylthio]butanoic acid (TEI-E548), in a hamster myocardial infarction model. In the first experiment, after confirming the biochemical inhibitory action of TEI-E548...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hoshino F,Urata H,Inoue Y,Saito Y,Yahiro E,Ideishi M,Arakawa K,Saku K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cromakalim relaxes vascular smooth muscle by increasing potassium channel conductance, thus hyperpolarizing cell membranes. Its interactions in humans with the cardiovascular effects of norepinephrine, angiotensin II, and isoproterenol were investigated. Eight young normotensive male volunteers received on three diffe...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： von Nguyen P,Holliwell DL,Davis A,Tasker TC,Leenen FH

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparative contributions of arachidonic acid (AA) metabolites and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) to the delay of reperfusion and rate of reocclusion after coronary thrombolysis with streptokinase were assessed in dogs using (a) single TXA2 synthase inhibition; (b) single 5-HT2-receptor blockade; (c) dual TXA2 synthas...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Vandeplassche G,Hermans C,Van Dael L,Wouters L,De Clerck F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of a beta-adrenoceptor-blocking drug with the dihydropyridine calcium channel antagonist, nitrendipine, has particular therapeutic advantages in the management of hypertension. The beta-blocker reduces any reflex increases in sympathetic nervous system and renin-angiotensin system activity that result ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Mac Carthy EP

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00