Preconditioning with levosimendan prevents contractile dysfunction due to H2O2-induced oxidative stress in human myocardium.

abstract：:This study was a multicenter, double-blind comparison of the antianginal efficacy and safety of amlodipine and placebo as adjunctive therapy with constant recommended maintenance doses of beta-blockers. Patients with stable exertional angina pectoris were randomized to placebo or amlodipine at a starting dose of 5 mg ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Klein W,Mitrovic V,Neuss H,Schlepper M,Cocco G,Prager G,Fitscha P,Meisner W

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of cardiovascular diseases with high incidence and mortality. MicroRNAs, as posttranscriptional regulators of genes, are involved in many diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. The aim of the present study was to determine whether miR-203 was functional in MI therapy and how it ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Zhang J,Pan J,Yang M,Jin X,Feng J,Wang A,Chen Z

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perturbations of the trans-sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic Ca2+ transport contribute to the abnormal myocardial activity provoked by anoxia and reoxygenation. Whether Ca2+ pools of the extracellular compartment and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) are involved to the same extent in the dysfunction of the anoxic-reoxygenated i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Tenthorey D,de Ribaupierre Y,Kucera P,Raddatz E

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of adrenomedullin on left ventricular myocardial contraction and relaxation, coronary blood flow, and myocardial oxygen consumption in comparison with those of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP). Fourteen patients who had had myocardial infarctions were randomly assigned to receive IV...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Nagaya N,Goto Y,Satoh T,Sumida H,Kojima S,Miyatake K,Kangawa K

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent inhibitor of platelet aggregation. However, the benefits of NO-based therapies can be confounded by concomitant hypotension. Monophosphoryl lipid A (MLA) is a nontoxic derivative of endotoxin that purportedly increases nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity and, presumably, NO production, y...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Przyklenk K,Hata K,Whittaker P,Elliott GT

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the influence of the new angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) fosinopril on function and perfusion of the diabetic rat heart. Streptozotocin-diabetic rats (60 mg/kg body weight) were treated with fosinopril (10 mg/kg body weight/day) for 4 months. Cardiac performance was analyzed in the isolated ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rösen P,Rump AF,Rösen R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six elderly male (65-75 years), seven elderly female (64-88 years), 15 young male (22-38 years), and nine young female (25-37 years) volunteers, all of normal body weight and clinically without cardiac or renal dysfunction, received a single 25-mg intravenous dose of lidocaine. Plasma concentrations of lidocaine were ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Abernethy DR,Greenblatt DJ

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low doses of ethanol can produce negative functional effects in ventricular myocytes. This may be related to the nitric oxide-cyclic GMP signal transduction system. We tested the hypothesis that ethanol stimulated endothelial nitric oxide synthase and this caused the negative functional effects in cardiac myocytes. Th...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Zhang S,Grover GJ,Stokes H,Scholz PM,Weiss HR

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loop diuretics could adversely influence prognosis due to activation of neurohumoral mechanism in the long term. Previous study showed torasemide, a loop diuretic with anti-aldosteronergic properties, was associated with lower mortality in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). We evaluated the effects of torasemi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Harada K,Izawa H,Nishizawa T,Hirashiki A,Murase Y,Kobayashi M,Isobe S,Cheng XW,Noda A,Nagata K,Yokota M,Murohara T

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artemisinin is an endoperoxide sesquiterpene lactone from Artemisia annua L with multiple beneficial effects, including anti-inflammation, antioxidant, and vascular protection. Recent studies have found that inflammation along with autophagy deficiency in macrophages is the possible reason for foam cell accumulation i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Cao Q,Du H,Fu X,Duan N,Liu C,Li X

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation plays a crucial role in the development and progression of atherosclerosis and is enhanced in patients with essential hypertension. This finding has stimulated a search for antihypertensive drugs with high intrinsic antioxidant properties. We investigated the antihypertensive an...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Maggi E,Marchesi E,Covini D,Negro C,Perani G,Bellomo G

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present work was to examine the effects of 4'-N-benzoyl staurosporine (CGP 41251), a protein kinase C inhibitor with broad antiproliferative activity in many cell lines, on the rat isolated heart contractility under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. Additionally, we examined the effects of CGP 41251, WB-...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kocic I,Dworakowska D,Dworakowski R,Petrusewicz J

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic rapid right ventricular pacing (RRVP) at 250 beats/min produces low cardiac output (CO) heart failure, marked reduction in total vascular capacitance, and a shift in volume centrally. The effect of converting enzyme inhibition with captopril on cardiac preload was investigated in this model of heart failure. E...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ogilvie RI,Zborowska-Sluis D

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is controversial whether myocardial hypertrophy in essential hypertension represents an adaptive physiologic or pathological response to increased pressure load imposed on the heart. Cardiac structural adaptations in endurance athletes fulfill the criteria of physiologic hypertrophy: maintained cardiac performance ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Schmieder RE,Messerli FH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early studies in experimental animals and in humans indicated the need to examine the feasibility of infarct size reduction by the early treatment of patients recruited to well-designed clinical trials. The extensive experience with beta-adrenoceptor blockers and the comparatively recent data generated with the use of...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Fitzsimons TJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial damage triggers platelet adhesion and platelet-associated prothrombinase formation at the point of injury, resulting in the progression of thrombus formation. The present study compared the inhibitory effects of fondaparinux, an indirect factor Xa (FXa) inhibitor, and TAK-442, a direct FXa inhibitor, on pl...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Konishi N,Hiroe K,Kawamura M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the effects of central and peripheral administration of a vascular (V1) vasopressin (AVP) receptor antagonist on blood pressure, heart rate, and AVP levels in conscious rats. Rats subjected to rapid arterial haemorrhage were administered the AVP V1 antagonist [d(CH2)5Tyr(Me)AVP] either 5 min...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Johnson JV,Bennett GW,Hatton R

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium is a signaling element of general importance to cells. In muscle, its key function is the activation of troponin C, which is essential for the contraction of myofibrils in skeletal and heart muscles, and of myosin light chain kinase, which is essential for the contraction of smooth muscles. Calcium modulates t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Carafoli E

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined mechanisms of the central sympathoinhibitory actions of systemically administered clonidine in anesthetized cats. To avoid influences of sympathetic chemo- and baroreflexes, the animals were deafferentated by cutting the carotid sinus and vagal nerves bilaterally. Intravenous (i.v.) injections of clonidine...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Seller H,Czachurski J,Zanzinger J

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antihypertensive effect of the combination of ketanserin, a new antiserotonergic agent, and thiazide has been evaluated in 35 patients with arterial hypertension of mild to moderate degree in the greater than 50-year-old age group. Twenty patients were given ketanserin (20 mg) + hydrochlorothiazide (25 mg) (treatm...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ferrara LA,Fasano ML,Soro S,Pasanisi F,Mancini M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the tolerance-inducing effects of nitroglycerin (NTG) and nicorandil (NIC) in porcine isolated coronary arteries and assessed the role of KATP channels in the response to NIC in nitrate-tolerant and nontolerant preparations. In coronary arteries contracted with U46619 (1-3 x 10(-9) M), NTG, NIC, sodium nit...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： O'Rourke ST

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of a newly synthesized cardiotonic agent, TA-064, on helical strips of isolated canine cerebral, coronary, femoral, mesenteric, and renal arteries. TA-064 had no effect on isolated arterial strips under resting tension. When the arterial strips were partially contracted with prostaglandin F...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ozaki N,Bito K,Kinoshita M,Kawakita S

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study has been designed to explore the beneficial effect of rosiglitazone, a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma agonist, in hyperhomocysteinemia-induced cardiac hypertrophy in rats. The hyperhomocysteinemia was induced in rats by feeding L-methionine (1.7 g/kg per day orally) for 8 weeks. The...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Pal Singh A,Kaur T,SinghDahiya R,Singh N,Singh Bedi PM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the possible role of endothelin in the development and/or maintenance of hypertension in Dahl rats, we examined the responsiveness of isolated vascular smooth muscle and glomerular mesangial cells, as well as deendothelialized vascular ring preparations to endothelin-1 (ET-1). Production of immunoreactive ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Goligorsky MS,Iijima K,Morgan M,Yanagisawa M,Masaki T,Lin L,Nasjletti A,Kaskel F,Frazer M,Badr KF

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinoaortic deafferentation (SAD) is characterized by arterial pressure lability, without sustained hypertension. Although SAD rats did not become hypertensive, their isolated aortas exhibit RCs. We have investigated whether these RCs are influenced by endothelium. Aortic rings were placed in an organ chamber, and the ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rocha ML,Bendhack LM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the interaction of endothelin (ET) with nitric oxide (NO) and the effects on venous circulation and handling of renal water and electrolytes, ET (1.0 ng/kg/min) or saline was administered with or without three doses (0.27, 2.7 and 27 ng/kg/min for 40 min) of N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), an...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ota K,Kimura T,Shoji M,Ota M,Funyu T,Mori T,Sahata T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha would impair basal and stimulated endothelium-dependent vasomotion in human resistance vessel. Changes in baseline and acetylcholine (ACh)-induced forearm vascular resistance (FVR) were measured plethysmographically before and after a low...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Nakamura M,Yoshida H,Arakawa N,Saitoh S,Satoh M,Hiramori K

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is associated with dyslipidemia, which is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular complications. This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of veratric acid (VA) on blood pressure, plasma, and tissue lipid profile in N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME)-induced hypertensive rats. Hypert...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Saravanakumar M,Raja B

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 reduces the chronotropic and inotropic effects of the beta-adrenoceptor agonist isoproterenol in rabbit isolated atria. Vascular interactions between endothelin-1 and isoproterenol have not been reported. Rings of the rabbit aorta without endothelium were mounted on myographs to measure isometric tension....

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Gilbert P,Thorin E

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actions of prostacyclin and its synthetic analog iloprost on the release and action of platelet-derived serotonin (5-HT) and thromboxane (TX) A2 were studied in vitro. Washed human platelet suspensions (WPS) (4 X 10(8) platelets/ml) were stimulated with arachidonic acid (AA) (30 mumol/L) and the incubate transferr...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Schrör K,Verheggen R

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00