Upregulation of angiotensin II-AT1 receptors during statin withdrawal in vascular smooth muscle cells.

abstract：:Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), an increase in the muscle mass of the left ventricle, has been identified as a powerful risk factor for future cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The risk of acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, sudden death, and other cardiovascular events increases sixfold t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Messerli FH,Ketelhut R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of purified baicalin and baicalein from the traditional Chinese herb, Huangqin, on contractions induced by phenylephrine, U46619, and high extracellular K+ were investigated in isolated rat mesenteric arteries. Both baicalin (1-100 microM) and baicalein (1-50 microM) potentiated the contractile response to...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Tsang SY,Chen ZY,Yao XQ,Huang Y

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated the efficacy of carvedilol for preventing the recurrence of atrial fibrillation and reducing QT prolongation induced by bepridil. METHODS:We assigned 144 subjects with persistent atrial fibrillation. The subjects were divided into 3 groups: carvedilol plus bepridil, candesartan plus beprid...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kawamura M,Munetsugu Y,Tanno K,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of two calcium antagonists on left ventricular (LV) relaxation and diastolic filling was evaluated in 16 randomized patients. Isradipine and nifedipine were administered intravenously in a maximum dose of 60 micrograms/min for isradipine and 63 micrograms/min for nifedipine. Heart rate was increased signifi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hoppeler H,Hess OM,Hug R,Turina J,Krayenbühl HP

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:The goal of this study was to determine the effects of trimetazidine on all-cause mortality and heart failure hospitalizations in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. We performed an extension to 48 months and a post-hoc analysis of the Villa Pini d'Abruzzo trimetazidine trial; in this single-center, open-label, ran...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Di Napoli P,Di Giovanni P,Gaeta MA,Taccardi AA,Barsotti A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of bone occurs via a series of events that are regulated by various hormones and cytokines. We previously reported that endothelin (ET) inhibits the mineralization by osteoblastic cells and natriuretic peptide (NP) promotes osteoblastic differentiation. Therefore, we attempted to identify the genes induc...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Inoue A,Kamiya A,Ishiji A,Hiruma Y,Hirose S,Hagiwara H

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of 3H-digoxin has been measured in a large number of tissues from the central, autonomic, and peripheral nervous system after the induction of ventricular tachycardia by infusing digoxin into anesthetized dogs. In most parts of the nervous system the tissue digoxin concentration was close to that in t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Frazer G,Binnion P

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reperfusion of ischemic myocardium is accompanied by intracellular Ca overload, leading to cardiac dysfunction. However, the mechanisms underlying intracellular Ca overload have yet to be fully elucidated. The mechanism may involve the activation of store-operated Ca entry, which is primarily mediated through the tran...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kojima A,Fukushima Y,Ito Y,Ding WG,Kitagawa H,Matsuura H

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrophysiologic effects of acutely and chronically administered amiodarone on canine Purkinje fibers were assessed using microelectrode techniques to record intracellular action potentials. Chronically treated dogs received amiodarone for 3 weeks (serum levels, 0.91 +/- 0.09 microgram/ml or 1.42 X 10(-6) M). Ac...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Gallagher JD,Bianchi J,Gessman LJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells are the major cells that constitute blood vessels, and endothelial cells line the lumen of blood vessels. These 2 types of cells also play an integral role in the regional specialization of vascular structure. On the basis of these observations, we designed our study to invest...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Bertrand-Thiebault C,Masson C,Siest G,Batt AM,Visvikis-Siest S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of endothelin-3 (ET-3) on ganglionic transmission of dog cardiac sympathetic ganglia and possible mechanisms involved were investigated in vivo and in vitro. Positive chronotropic responses to preganglionic stellate stimulation and those to dimethylphenylpiperazinium as well as McN-A-343 administered to th...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kushiku K,Ohjimi H,Yamada H,Tokunaga R,Furukawa T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats with deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA) salt hypertension, induction of diabetes with streptozotocin did not aggravate the elevation in blood pressure, but pressor and sympathetic nerve responses to electrical stimulation of the ventromedial hypothalamus were enhanced. Along with glycosuria and hyperglycemia, ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sasaki S,Buñag RD

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvascular pericytes contain predominantly endothelin A (ET(A))-like binding sites and also a smaller number of ETB binding sites. In this study we verified the expression of both receptors in these cells. We then examined the effect of insulin, a potent mediator of vasodilatation, on the expression of these recept...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： McDonald D,Bailie J,Archer D,Chakravarthy U

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disposition of amlodipine, a new calcium-channel blocker with a slow onset and long duration of action, has been investigated in humans and in the animal species used in the evaluation of drug efficacy and safety. Pharmacokinetic studies were conducted with nonlabeled drug using specific high-pressure liquid chrom...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Stopher DA,Beresford AP,Macrae PV,Humphrey MJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The propyl derivative of ajmaline, N-n-propylajamaline (prajmalium), is an antiarrhythmic compound that lacks the commonly reported negative inotropic effects of all others under clinical use. The present study was undertaken to establish and understand its effects at the cellular level in mammalian preparations. Elec...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Alvarez JL,Rubio L,Garrido G,Vassort G

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicorandil, a potent coronary vasorelaxant used in the treatment of angina, has differential effects on arteries and veins in vivo. To explain this phenomenon, experiments were designed to characterize the relaxant and inhibitory actions of this compound on canine isolated arteries and veins. Paired rings of canine co...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Morrison KJ,Flavahan NA,Vanhoutte PM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies of recent years have demonstrated an association between low plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels and the development of atherosclerosis. The PROCAM (Prospective Cardiovascular Münster) study has identified HDL cholesterol as the single parameter predictor with the highest pot...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Assmann G,Funke H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the kinetics of amiodarone in three healthy volunteers after single oral (400 mg) and intravenous (150 mg) doses and in six patients with supraventricular tachycardia. Three patients were studied after the first oral dose (400 mg) and during subsequent therapy (200 mg/day); the other three after 5 mg/kg of ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Riva E,Gerna M,Latini R,Giani P,Volpi A,Maggioni A

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporine (CsA) treatment in solid organ transplantation has represented one of the greatest advances in the past 20 years, reducing acute rejection and increasing long-term survival. However, CsA has an important side effect, producing renal vasoconstriction and systemic hypertension. The main histological finding...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rodicio JL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenteric resistance arteries (internal diameter 174-337 microns) from rats, rabbits, pigs, and humans were isolated and mounted in a myograph. In all preparations, phenylephrine (alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonist) evoked concentration-dependent contractions that were antagonized by prazosin (alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagoni...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Nielsen H,Pilegaard HK,Hasenkam JM,Mortensen FV,Mulvany MJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial cell (EC) wound healing was characterized on an EC-synthesized extracellular matrix (ECM) previously treated with enzymes and antibodies specific for ECM components. Using a computer-assisted video-microscope recording system capable of automatic EC recognition, we learned whether components of th...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Herman IM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) with ramiprilat was studied at pH 7.5 in the presence of 300 mmol/l sodium chloride with furanacryloyl-Phe-Gly-Gly as substrate. Ramiprilat inhibits ACE with a Ki value of 7 pmol/l. It is both a slow- and tight-binding inhibitor; the mode of inhibition is fully co...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Bünning P

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:Inotropic effects of histamine have been studied extensively in many species, but data on porcine myocardium, often used as a model for human heart, are not available. We investigated inotropic effects of histamine on atrial and ventricular trabeculae obtained from porcine hearts. For comparison, we also evaluated the...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Du XY,Schoemaker RG,X462P6,Bos E,Saxena PR

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human cutaneous microcirculation has so far been studied by rather crude methods, such as plethysmography and 133Xn clearance. New sophisticated and noninvasive techniques are now available, with which the microcirculation of the skin can be continuously studied and measured for hours. With two such methods, i.e.,...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Fagrell B

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors have been extensively studied and established in the treatment of hypertension, heart failure, and ventricular dysfunction. They have various cardiac and vascular protective effects, but the relevant mechanisms of action in these areas remain to be fully understood. Possible ef...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sharpe N

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief review is given of the vasodilators that require an intact vascular endothelium to exert their relaxing effect. Then some major issues of the phenomenon of endothelium-dependent smooth muscle relaxation are discussed in more detail: The chemical structure of the endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF), whic...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Förstermann U

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bethanidine sulfate is a congener of bretylium tosylate, which has been reported to have antiarrhythmic and antifibrillatory effects. We studied the effects of bethanidine on transmembrane potentials recorded from canine Purkinje fibers and ventricular muscle cells, using standard microelectrode techniques. Normal Pur...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Dangman KH,Miura DS

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In congestive heart failure, the chronic sympathetic hyperactivity contributes to a poor prognosis. In this respect, clonidine, a centrally acting sympathoinhibitory drug, has previously been tested in clinical trials. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effects of clonidine on morbidity and mortality in ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Thomas L,Gasser B,Bousquet P,Monassier L

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00