The utilization of ultrasound and microbubbles for therapy in acute coronary syndromes.

abstract：:Genetic and environmental factors influence the development of coronary artery disease (CAD). Genetic analyses of families and the population continue to yield important fundamental insights for CAD. For the past four decades, CAD human genetic research focused largely on the study of germline genetic variation in CAD...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Patel AP,Natarajan P

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimation of infarct size from enzyme activities in plasma or serum presupposes known values of circulatory parameters such as the extravascular distribution volume Ve and the permeability constant P for the transport of enzyme between intravascular volume Vi and Ve. In man, parameter values are used that are extrapo...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Willems GM,Muijtjens AM,Lambi FH,Hermens WT

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infarct size can be limited by reducing the determinants of infarct size or increasing collateral blood flow by treatment initiated before the ischaemic event. Reperfusion is the definitive treatment for permanently reducing infarct size and restoring some degree of contractile function to the affected myocardium. Inn...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Granfeldt A,Lefer DJ,Vinten-Johansen J

更新日期：2009-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is considered to be a form of chronic inflammation governed by a complex network of inter- and intra-cellular signaling pathways. The pleiotropic cytokine interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) is a key pro-inflammatory mediator that is expressed at high levels in atherosclerotic lesions. IFN-gamma regulates the...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Harvey EJ,Ramji DP

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart responds to ischaemic stimuli with release of negative inotropic mediators such as cytokines, platelet-activating factor, oxygen free radicals, arachidonic acids, nitric oxide, adenosine, and still unidentified "cardiodepressant factors" that modulate myocardial performance via autocrine and paracrine coupli...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Stangl V,Baumann G,Stangl K,Felix SB

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Previous studies on the role of stem cell factor (SCF) in endothelial progenitor cell (EPC)-mediated neovascularization have focused on the EPC mobilization and homing process. However, the direct effects of SCF on neovascularization activity of EPCs have not been characterized. We sought to determine whether SCF ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Kim KL,Meng Y,Kim JY,Baek EJ,Suh W

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Tungstate reduces blood pressure in experimental animal models of both hypertension and metabolic syndrome, although the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Given that the large-conductance voltage- and Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) (BK) channel is a key element in the control of arterial tone, our aim was to ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Fernández-Mariño AI,Porras-González C,González-Rodríguez P,Selent J,Pastor M,Ureña J,Castellano A,Valverde MA,Fernández-Fernández JM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of the right ventricle (RV) determines the prognosis of patients with pulmonary hypertension. While much progress has been made in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, therapies for the RV are less well established. In this review of treatment strategies for the RV, first we focus on ways to reduce wa...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Westerhof BE,Saouti N,van der Laarse WJ,Westerhof N,Vonk Noordegraaf A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The regulation of vascular diameter by vasoconstrictors and vasodilators requires that vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) be physically coupled to extracellular matrix (ECM) and neighbouring cells in order for a vessel to mechanically function and transfer force. The hypothesis was tested that integrin-mediated ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hong Z,Sun Z,Li Z,Mesquitta WT,Trzeciakowski JP,Meininger GA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The heart contains c-kit(+) progenitors that maintain cardiac homeostasis. Cardiac c-kit(+) cells are multipotent and give rise to myocardial, endothelial and smooth muscle cells, both in vitro and in vivo. C-kit(+) cells have been thoroughly investigated for their stem cell activity, susceptibility to stress cond...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gambini E,Pompilio G,Biondi A,Alamanni F,Capogrossi MC,Agrifoglio M,Pesce M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The static elastic properties of the aorta ad systolic blood pressure in the caudal artery have been measured in 55 spontaneously hypertensive rats of the AS strain. Animals were divided into five groups and treated from the age of 4 to 12 weeks as follows: (1) 0.25 mm silver clip positioned around the right renal art...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Berry CL,Greenwald SE,Menahem N

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acadesine is the prototype of a new class of therapeutic compounds termed adenosine regulating agents. Acadesine is pharmacologically silent in normal circumstances, but its activity becomes operative during situations of net ATP catabolism, when it increases local adenosine levels. Thus acadesine is able to harness t...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Mullane K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The pulmonary circulation may contribute to elevated plasma levels of endothelin-1 (ET-1) in congestive heart failure (CHF). The aims of the present study were to determine the mechanisms of increased secretion of ET-1 from the pulmonary circulation in CHF. METHODS:Juvenile pigs were subjected to sham operat...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： von Lueder TG,Kjekshus H,Edvardsen T,ØIe E,Urheim S,Vinge LE,Ahmed MS,Smiseth OA,Attramadal H

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the influence of experimental hyperlipidemia on the formation of cardiac NO, superoxide, and peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) in rat hearts. METHODS:Wistar rats were fed 2% cholesterol-enriched diet or normal diet for 8 weeks. Separate groups of normal and hyperlipidemic rats were injected twice intra...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Onody A,Csonka C,Giricz Z,Ferdinandy P

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The role of phosphorylation of the ryanodine receptor at serine-2808 (RyRS2808) in congestive heart failure (CHF) is controversial, and effects of RyRS2808 phosphorylation on contraction are unclear. It has been reported that diastolic sarcomere length (SL) fluctuations accompany propagating contractile waves...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Obayashi M,Xiao B,Stuyvers BD,Davidoff AW,Mei J,Chen SR,ter Keurs HE

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperhomocysteinemia is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Most previous investigations focused on the role of homocysteine as direct pathogenetic factor for these adverse vascular events. However, the exact pathophysiological mechanism is still unknown. In this review we discuss the hypothesis tha...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Riksen NP,Rongen GA,Blom HJ,Russel FG,Boers GH,Smits P

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A robust inflammatory response to tissue injury is a necessary part of the repair process but the deposition of scar tissue is a direct downstream consequence of this response in many tissues including the heart. Adult zebrafish not only possess the capacity to regenerate lost cardiomyocytes but also to remodel an...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Bevan L,Lim ZW,Venkatesh B,Riley PR,Martin P,Richardson RJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cholinergic vasodilation has been thought to play little if any role in the regulation of blood pressure in humans. Autonomic denervation potentiates the vasoconstriction evoked by nitric oxide synthase inhibition in humans, but the mechanism is unclear. We hypothesized that this may be related to loss of neu...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Lepori M,Sartori C,Duplain H,Nicod P,Scherrer U

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the cellular mechanisms underlying global and regional LV dysfunction in the post-infarct (MI) remodeled rat hearts. METHODS:LV remodeling and function were quantified by echocardiography, morphometry, in vivo hemodynamics, and isolated perfused heart studies in 6 weeks post-MI and sham-operat...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gupta S,Prahash AJ,Anand IS

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the level and pace of population aging display high geographical variability, virtually all countries have been experiencing growth in their elderly population, particularly in developed nations. Because aging is a major risk factor for atherosclerosis and associated disease, it is of up most importance to un...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Edo MD,Andrés V

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The expression of PUMA (p53-up-regulated modulator of apoptosis), an apoptosis-regulating gene, increases during endoplasmic reticulum stress. The mechanisms by which cyclic stretch influences the regulation of PUMA in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) during apoptosis remain unclear. We hypothesized that cycli...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Cheng WP,Wang BW,Chen SC,Chang H,Shyu KG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Anthracyclines cause apoptotic death in many cell types through activation of the ceramide pathway. We tested the hypothesis that doxorubicin induces cardiac myocyte apoptosis through ceramide generation. METHODS:Adult rat ventricular myocytes were grown in the presence of 10% fetal calf serum, and exposed ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Delpy E,Hatem SN,Andrieu N,de Vaumas C,Henaff M,Rücker-Martin C,Jaffrézou JP,Laurent G,Levade T,Mercadier JJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the physiological role of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA)-mediated, cardiac myosin binding protein C (MyBP-C) phosphorylation. METHODS:A cardiac MyBP-C cDNA lacking nine amino acids, which contained a phosphorylation site, was made, and subsequently used to generate multiple lines of tra...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Yang Q,Hewett TE,Klevitsky R,Sanbe A,Wang X,Robbins J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The functional status of heart failure (HF) is conventionally evaluated by peak exercise oxygen consumption (VO2 max). Dobutamine echocardiography can be used to evaluate myocardial reserve. The aim of this study was to estimate the functional status of chronic HF in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, by ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Paraskevaidis IA,Tsiapras DP,Adamopoulos S,Kremastinos DT

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The adhesive interaction of monocytes and endothelial cells has been implicated as a regulatory signal in the cell activation that is involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. We investigated the effect of monocyte-endothelial cell interaction on the expression of adhesion molecules, intercellular adhe...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Takahashi M,Ikeda U,Masuyama J,Kitagawa S,Kasahara T,Shimpo M,Kano S,Shimada K

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Activin-like kinase receptor 1 (ALK1) is a transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta type I receptor expressed in vascular mesenchyme, yet its function in vascular mesenchymal cells (VMC) is unclear. We examined ALK1 expression in human coronary atherosclerotic lesions and bovine and human VMC undergoing cellular...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Yao Y,Zebboudj AF,Torres A,Shao E,Boström K

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II (AII) plays a critical role in cardiac remodeling. This peptide promotes cardiac myocyte hypertrophy and cardiac fibroblast interstitial fibrotic changes associated with left ventricular hypertrophy, post myocardial infarction remodeling and congestive heart failure. AII mediates cardiac myocyte hypertr...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Schnee JM,Hsueh WA

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone (RAA) system and the endothelin (ET) system entail the most potent vasopressor mechanisms identified to date. Although they were studied in depth in relation to arterial hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, limited information on their interrelationships in causing hypertension a...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Rossi GP,Sacchetto A,Cesari M,Pessina AC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We recently demonstrated in our swine model of coronary artery spasm that enhanced myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylations (both MLC mono- and diphosphorylations) play a central role in the pathogenesis of the spasm. However, the molecular mechanism for and the phosphorylation sites for the enhanced MLC pho...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Shimokawa H,Seto M,Katsumata N,Amano M,Kozai T,Yamawaki T,Kuwata K,Kandabashi T,Egashira K,Ikegaki I,Asano T,Kaibuchi K,Takeshita A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since increases in blood pressure may be effectively controlled by hydraulic feedback by reducing the venous return through the inferior vena cava in proportion to the blood pressure this principle was applied using a totally implantable extravascular system consisting of a periaortic blood pressure sensor and a peric...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Sideris DA,Vardas PE,Chrysos DN,Toumanidis ST,Michalis L,Moulopoulos SD

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00