Calcium antagonists and myocardial infarction.

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

abstract：:When choosing antihypertensive agents for the treatment of hypertension, it is necessary to consider the predisposition of individuals to renal damage, which may be associated with the long-term effect of such agents. In this respect, this study examined the effect of two commonly used antihypertensive drugs (Brinerdi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Obatomi DK,Mogbo SC,Anjorin FI,Jigam AA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the time-course of the hemodynamic effect of isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN), 5 mg, in the form of sublingual tablet and oral spray, in 15 patients with isolated chronic pulmonary congestion (pulmonary arterial end-diastolic pressure of 15 mmHg or more in the presence of normal or only slightly reduced cardiac...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Marchionni N,De Bari M,Ferrucci L,Moschi G,Schneeweiss A

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The need for novel approaches to cardiovascular drug development served as the impetus to convene an open meeting of experts from the pharmaceutical industry and academia to assess the challenges and develop solutions for drug discovery in cardiovascular disease. METHODS:The Novel Cardiovascular Therapeutics S...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Povsic TJ,Scott R,Mahaffey KW,Blaustein R,Edelberg JM,Lefkowitz MP,Solomon SD,Fox JC,Healy KE,Khakoo AY,Losordo DW,Malik FI,Monia BP,Montgomery RL,Riesmeyer J,Schwartz GG,Zelenkofske SL,Wu JC,Wasserman SM,Roe MT

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cilazapril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, and mibefradil, a selective T-type voltage-operated calcium channel blocker, have been shown to prevent neointima formation after vascular injury. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the mechanism of action of both drugs. For this purpose, the influence...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Schmitt R,Clozel JP,Iberg N,Bühler FR

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac reperfusion injury after heart transplantation or cardiopulmonary bypass has been difficult to control due to the variable degree of myocardial damage with respect to the length of ischemia and the complexity of the surgical procedure. Here, we evaluated the myocardial metabolic and functional recovery of hear...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Orita H,Shimanuki T,Fukasawa M,Abe H,Kuraoka S,Hirooka S,Washio M

更新日期：1991-08-01 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：RATIONALE:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) represents a serious health complication accompanied with hypoxic conditions, elevated levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), and overall dysfunction of pulmonary vascular endothelium. Since the prevention strategies for treatment of PH remain largely unknown, our study aime...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Koudelka A,Ambrozova G,Klinke A,Fidlerova T,Martiskova H,Kuchta R,Rudolph TK,Kadlec J,Kuchtova Z,Woodcock SR,Freeman BA,Kubala L,Pekarova M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate and compare the functional type and the degree of antagonism of the selective angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARB) losartan, EXP 3174 (the active metabolite of losartan), valsartan and candesartan in human internal mammary arteries. METHODS:Human internal mammary arteries were obtained ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Wagenaar LJ,Voors AA,Buikema H,van Buiten A,Lübeck RH,Boonstra PW,van Veldhuisen DJ,van Gilst WH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP generates nitric oxide (NO) via activation of P2y receptors, and is degraded to adenosine. This study was undertaken to examine whether ATP causes coronary hyperemic flow via purinoceptors-, NO- and adenosine-dependent mechanisms, and attenuates the severity of contractile and metabolic dysfunction in the ischemic...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Kitakaze M,Node K,Komamura K,Minamino T,Kosaka H,Kuzuya T,Hori M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen hypertensive patients (13 males, 5 females; age 48 +/- 13; diastolic blood pressure greater than 95 mmHg), either previously untreated or who had been off treatment for more than 3 months, underwent M-mode echocardiography before (DO) and after (D90) 3 months of nicardipine therapy (60-90 mg/day). All echocar...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Gosse P,Lacroix P,Roudaut R,Dallocchio M

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ranolazine (RAN) added to amiodarone (AMIO) has been shown to accelerate termination of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) following coronary artery bypass surgery in patients without heart failure (HF). This study aimed to investigate if treatment efficacy with AMIO or AMIO + RAN differs between patients...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Simopoulos V,Hevas A,Hatziefthimiou A,Dipla K,Skoularigis I,Tsilimingas N,Aidonidis I

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High health service expenditure on the one hand, and the politically declared objective of stability of statutory contributions and restriction of public funds on the other hand, have been central points of the political and social discussion for several years. The over-proportional increase in health servic...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Cathomas G,Erne P,Schwenkglenks M,Szucs TD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Protein kinase C alpha (gene: PRKCA) is a key regulator of cardiac contractility. Two genetic variants have recently been discovered to regulate PRKCA expression in failing human heart tissue (rs9909004 [T → C] and rs9303504 [C → G]). The association of those variants with clinical outcomes in patients with hea...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Luzum JA,Ting C,Peterson EL,Gui H,Shugg T,Williams LK,Li L,Sadee W,Wang D,Lanfear DE

更新日期：2019-12-01 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:The progressive shortening of the atrial effective refractory period (ERP) during atrial fibrillation (AF) might be due to the activation of the KATP channels by rapid atrial rates. We tested the hypothesis that the cardioselective, sarcolemmal KATP channel blocker HMR 1098 would prevent atrial ERP shortening d...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Vereckei A,Gögelein H,Wirth KJ,Zipes DP

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasorelaxant activity of the omega-3 fatty acids--docosahexaenoic (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic (EPA) acids--in comparison with other known vasodilators--sodium nitroprusside, nitroglycerin, papaverine, and D600--were studied in the isolated rat aorta. The relaxant responses of these vasodilators and fatty acids at c...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Engler MB

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiazide diuretics are particularly efficacious in the treatment of hypertension in blacks. A number of observations suggest that many hypertensive blacks have features consistent with a status of "corrected" volume expansion. Our studies, as well as those of other investigators, show that the Na,K pump is inhibited i...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Quintanilla AP,Wagener OE

更新日期：1990-03-01 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：:Free radical injury may contribute to the delayed postoperative recovery of myocardial metabolism and ventricular function after elective coronary artery revascularization. This clinical study was designed to evaluate, in stable angina patients having aortocoronary bypass surgery, whether orally administered alpha-toc...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Mickle DA,Weisel RD,Burton GW,Ingold KU

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical efficacy and safety of ibopamine and diuretic therapy were compared in a multicenter, multinational, parallel, positive-controlled, randomized, double-blind, 12-week study, involving 103 patients with mild CHF (NYHA Class II). Body weight, NYHA functional class, symptom assessment scores, laboratory blood...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors：

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one chronically T. cruzi-infected male adult albino rats with normal resting ECG were submitted to the ajmaline test (1 mg/kg body weight injected into the dorsal vein of the penis). Twenty-one similar noninfected animals served as controls. Ajmaline induced the following ECG alterations in control rats: A decre...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Bestetti RB,Soares EG,Sales-Neto VN,Oliveira JS

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hypothyroidism (HT) is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis (AS). The efficacy of traditional strategies of hypothyroid AS remains controversial. Here, we aimed to deepen the understanding of the HT-induced acceleration of AS, to decrease the residual risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) and to find a n...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Yang Y,Jia Y,Ning Y,Wen W,Qin Y,Zhang H,Du Y,Li L,Jiao X,Yang Y,Liu G,Huang M,Zhang M

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although Takotsubo syndrome (TS) was once considered to be rare and largely benign, it is now recognized to represent a major cause of cardiac morbidity and mortality, especially in ageing women. The biochemical precipitant of attacks of TS is an increase in catecholamine concentrations within the myocardium...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ong GJ,Nguyen TH,Stansborough J,Surikow SY,Horowitz JD

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of trimetazidine on late potentials in patients with acute myocardial infarction. A total of 60 patients (52 males, mean age 55 +/- 2 years, and 8 females, mean age 54 +/- 1.8 years) with the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction were included in this study. The ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ozdemir R,Tuncer C,Aladag M,Güven A,Sezgin AT,Pekdemir H,Korkmaz ME,Müderrisoglu H

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken on 10 patients with angina undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. The angioplasty procedure consisted of two successive 30-second balloon inflations at 5 minute intervals. After the first inflation, nicorandil (0.1 mg/kg) was given intravenously over a 2-minute peri...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Saito S,Mizumura T,Takayama T,Honye J,Fukui T,Kamata T,Moriuchi M,Hibiya K,Tamura Y,Ozawa Y

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical guidelines recommend peri-cardioversion anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the safety and efficacy of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) versus vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) in patients with AF undergoing cardiovers...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Gupta S,Um KJ,Pandey A,McIntyre WF,Ivanova M,Allahverdi Y,Agahi P,Pandya F,Lopez A,Sachdeva A,Whitlock RP,Belley-Cote EP

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with hypertension persisting on combined diuretic and beta-blocker therapy, the effects of an additional 9-week therapy with a calcium antagonist (nifedipine) versus a classical arterial vasodilator (hydralazine) were compared for changes in blood pressure (BP), plasma catecholamines (n = 15), and left ven...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Leenen FH,Burns RJ,Myers MG,Frankel D

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure is controlled by many factors, and thus hypertension is a multifactorial disorder. This etiologic diversity is also reflected in the broad spectrum of different pharmacologic agents known to lower blood pressure. Most carefully controlled studies employing a single antihypertensive drug in unselected, u...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Weinberger MH

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of aspirin and clopidogrel is the mainstay antiplatelet therapy for acute coronary syndromes (ACS). However, the dosing of aspirin, the dosing of clopidogrel, the timing of clopidogrel initiation as well as the duration of clopidogrel therapy remain controversial matters. Clopidogrel resistance is an e...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Hanna EB,Glancy DL,Saucedo JF

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00