Preconditioning myocardium with ischemia.

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：:Vascular endothelium gene expression regulates blood-vessel wall interactions, vascular permeability, smooth muscle cell growth and tone. The possibility to introduce exogenous DNA or RNA sequences in endothelial cells represents a novel therapeutic approach of vascular disease. The aim of the work was to investigate ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Colombo MG,Citti L,Basta G,De Caterina R,Biagini A,Rainaldi G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to determine whether a new KATP channel opener, Y 26763 (Y), can influence the electrophysiological properties in the ischemic myocardium as well as to determine whether the blunting effect of the alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist bunazosin (BN) on an ischemia-induced shortening of repolariz...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Tanabe T,Aikawa M,Deguchi Y,Yoshioka K,Handa S

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the associations of diuretics overall, non-potassium-sparing diuretics in specific, and laxative use with cardiovascular mortality (CVM) in subjects with antihypertensive treatment. METHODS:Analyses included 4253 participants, aged 50 to 75 years, from the German ESTHER cohort and 105,359 partic...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Hoppe LK,Muhlack DC,Koenig W,Brenner H,Schöttker B

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DAVIT-II trial has shown that the verapamil type of calcium antagonist can beneficially be used in post-infarct patients. A recent re-analysis suggests that verapamil may also prevent post-infarct sudden death. There are good theoretical reasons to suppose that calcium antagonists should help prevent ventricular f...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Opie LH

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of calcium antagonists and diuretics in combination for treatment of hypertension is controversial. In a single-blind study 16 patients (8 men, 8 women, age range 39 to 62 years) with primary hypertension of mild to moderate degree were given slow-release nifedipine 20 mg twice daily for 6 weeks, thereafter ei...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ferrara LA,Marotta T,Pasanisi F,Mastranzo P,Mancini M

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases are of fundamental importance in the cause of death and morbidity in the elderly as a group. If the successful management of blood pressure can effect a reduction in morbid events as well as death, as has been indicated by recent trials, the elderly have more to gain than any other group within...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Dall JL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium antagonist (CA) controversy has been fueled in part by disagreements among scientists and clinicians over the scientific documentation required for drugs used to treat lifelong conditions. From a public health perspective, there are three unanswered questions: (1) Does long-term use of CAs convey health be...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Furberg CD,Psaty BM

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：AIM:To study the relationship between Daxx expression and the antiapoptotic effects of probucol in THP-1 macrophage. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Apoptosis of THP-1 derived macrophages was induced by exposure to oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxLDL). The development of apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry analysis a...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Su B,Yang YB,Tuo QH,Zhu BY,Lei XY,Yin W,Liao DF

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There can be no doubt that ACE inhibitors prolong survival in patients with a low ejection fraction. There is no evidence whether or not diuretics have the same effect. The pathophysiology of asymptomatic patients with poor left ventricular function differs from that of patients with the clinical syndrome of heart fai...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Hampton JR

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annual mortality from congestive heart failure ranges from 15% to 60%, depending on the severity of the left ventricular damage and underlying disease. Most controlled trials have been too small to detect any beneficial effect on survival from the newer vasodilator and inotropic drugs. However, the results of two rece...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Meinertz T,Drexler H,Just H

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess whether glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition using tirofiban in low risk patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may reduce the risk of periprocedural myocardial infarction compared to standard care in poor responders to aspirin and/or clopidogrel. METHODS:We will enroll patients at ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Valgimigli M,Campo G,de Cesare N,Vranckx P,Hamon M,Angiolillo DJ,Sabatè M,Ferrari F,Furgieri A,Tumscitz C,Repetto A,Colangelo S,Meliga E,Kubbajeh M,Parrinello G,Percoco G,Ferrari R

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We evaluated a generic quality of life (QoL) Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQ), in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). The FSQ assesses the 3 main dimensions of QoL: physical functioning, mental health and social role. It also includes 6 single item questions about: work status, frequency of social inte...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Gallanagh S,Castagno D,Wilson B,Erdmann E,Zannad F,Remme WJ,Lopez-Sendon JL,Lechat P,Follath F,Höglund C,Mareev V,Sadowski Z,Seabra-Gomes RJ,Dargie HJ,McMurray JJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare disease, with drug-induced causes even more uncommon, accounting for only 10% of cases in large registry series. Predisposing factors for drug-induced PAH have not been completely defined. This review summarizes drugs with definite, possible, or likely association to pulmonary...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Correale M,Tricarico L,Grazioli D,Formica ES,Petrucci R,Persichella P,Di Biase M,Brunetti ND

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The ischemic/bleeding trade-off of continuing dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) beyond 1 year after PCI for patients with high thrombotic risk (HTR) as endorsed by 2018 ESC/EACTS myocardial revascularization guidelines remain unknown. METHODS:Patients undergoing coronary stenting between January 2013 and Decemb...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Wang HY,Dou KF,Wang Y,Yin D,Xu B,Gao RL

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is associated with a high incidence of complications as well as a considerable hospitalization rate and economic burden. Preliminary evidence suggests that remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) is a promising non-invasive intervention that may effectively and saf...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Zheng Y,Reinhardt JD,Li J,Hu D,Lin S,Wang L,Dai R,Fan Z,Ding R,Chen L,Yuan L,Xu Z,Cheng Y,Yan C,Zhang X,Wang L,Zhang X,Teng M,Yu Q,Yin A,Lu X,i-RIC Trial Collaboration Group.

更新日期：2020-06-30 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：:The effects of nifedipine on left ventricular function were evaluated in 17 patients with coronary artery disease with an ambulatory radionuclide detector (VEST). Hemodynamic data were recorded continuously at rest and during upright bicycle ergometer exercise before and 30 minutes after 10 mg of oral nifedipine admin...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Kambara H,Mohiuddin IH,Tamaki N,Fudo T,Hayashi M,Nohara R,Konishi J,Kawai C

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early reperfusion after an organ ischemia is essential to salvage tissue from eventual death. However, abundant evidence suggests that reperfusion also elicits pathophysiological changes responsible for additional tissue injury after restoration of blood flow. Postconditioning (Postcon) defined as rapid sequential int...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Zhao ZQ

更新日期：2010-06-01 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 two separate, double-blind, multicenter antiarrhythmic studies, sotalol was compared with propranolol or quinidine using placebo for baseline and/or washout periods. The comparison with quinidine was a crossover study. To be enrolled in these studies, patients were required to have a premature ventricular contracti...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Hanyok JJ,MacNeil DJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous amiodarone has been found useful in the emergent management of life-threatening arrhythmias. Experimental studies have shown that its electrophysiologic effects are proportional to its myocardial concentration. However, early after its intravenous administration, the extent of the concentration of amiodaro...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Anastasiou-Nana MI,Nanas JN,Alexopoulos G,Karli JN,Margari ZJ,Agapitos E,Patsi EN,Stamatelopoulos SF

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:True positive inotropy of enoximone is hard to prove clinically. It could increase the risk of myocardial ischemia when used in coronary artery disease (CAD). The analysis of the end-systolic pressure-volume relationship (ESPVR) as a load-independent parameter of the contractile left ventricular function (LVF) allows ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Thormann J,Hueting J,Kremer P,Wissemann J,Mitrovic V,Dieterich HA,Schlepper M

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine patients with severe heart failure (NYHA III) were randomly assigned to receive therapy with an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor), either captopril or enalapril. The mean daily dosage of captopril was 56 +/- 5 mg and of enalapril 9.5 +/- 0.4 mg. After a mean of 8 +/- 1 days, the influ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Osterziel KJ,Dietz R,Harder K,Kübler W

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of a fixed combination of 10 mg nifedipine and 100 mg acebutolol was tested in 21 patients with angiographically proven coronary artery disease (CAD). Ejection fraction (EF), emptying and filling rate (VS and VD), and end-systolic volume (ESV) were assessed by means of radionuclide ventriculography at res...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Bauer R,Busch U,Lutilsky L,van de Flierdt E,Langhammer HR,Pabst HW

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time course of myocardial ischemia was studied in canine myocardium by electron microscopy. Ischemia of the myocardium produces ultrastructural alterations of mitochondria, nuclei, contractile apparatus, and the SR- and T-tubular system that are accompanied by loss of glycogen and intracellular edema. These change...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Schaper J,Schaper W

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare and clarify the effects of various antiarrhythmic drugs when given as monotherapy, we reevaluated our previous data on antiarrhythmic drugs and recalculated antiarrhythmic plasma concentrations of drugs for several canine arrhythmia models. We used three spontaneously occurring arrhythmias: a) digi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Hashimoto K,Haruno A,Matsuzaki T,Sugiyama A,Akiyama K

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Japanese white rabbits were fed a restricted amount (100 g/head/day) of an atherogenic diet containing 0.2% cholesterol and 6% peanut oil during an 8-week experimental period. Atherosclerotic lesions, characterized by intimal thickening with lipid deposition, were produced by de-endothelialization of the rabbit a...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Saso Y,Ohtani A,Odawara A,Iwasaki H,Takashima K,Morita T

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00