Effect of propionyl-L-carnitine on mechanical function of isolated rabbit heart.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have demonstrated a gap between guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and their implementation in clinical practice. AIM:The PEGASE education program has been devised with an aim to improve the management of patients at high risk of CVD. METHODS:In a multicentre study c...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Bruckert E,Giral P,Paillard F,Ferrières J,Schlienger JL,Renucci JF,Abdennbi K,Durack I,Chadarevian R,PEGASE group.

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a retrospective analysis of the DAVIT II database, we attempted to propose subgroups of post-infarction patients with heart failure, who might benefit or not benefit from antiischemic medical intervention. In DAVIT II, patients were randomized in a double-blind fashion to either verapamil 360 mg/day or placeb...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Jespersen CM

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium entry blockers exert several characteristic effects on renal function that contribute to their blood-pressure lowering capacity. They are able to dilate renal vasculature and, in certain circumstances, can increase the glomerular filtration rate, both effects being dependent on the preexisting vascular tone. C...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ruilope LM,Alcazar JM

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing elevated levels of low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) significantly reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) events and mortality in hypercholesterolemic patients. CHD risk reduction is proportional to LDL-C reduction. Despite this knowledge, many physicians are not applying existing tre...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： McKenney JM

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：:The novel insights provided by the molecular genetic applied to the study of cardiac arrhythmias have just started to scratch the surface of the complex relationships between the genetic abnormalities of ion channel structure and the susceptibility to life threatening ventricular arrhythmias. These crucial pieces of i...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Priori SG,Napolitano C

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：:To compare the antiischemic effects of intracoronary administration of a beta blocker, atenolol, and of a calcium antagonist, nifedipine, on the clinical and electrocardiographic signs of myocardial ischemia induced by balloon occlusion of the coronary artery, we studied 32 consecutive patients undergoing routine PTCA...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ghio S,De Servi S,Angoli L,Bramucci E,Eleuteri E,Raffaghello S,Specchia G

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) has been shown to exert cardioprotective effects in animals and patients. This study tests the hypothesis that preservation of GLP-1 by the GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide or the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor linagliptin is associated with a reduction of angiote...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Zhang LH,Pang XF,Bai F,Wang NP,Shah AI,McKallip RJ,Li XW,Wang X,Zhao ZQ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of administration of guava and papaya fruit (100 g/day), vegetables, and mustard oil (5 g/day) (group A); antioxidant vitamins C (50 mg/day) and E (30 mg/day), plus betacarotene (10 mg/day) (group B); a high-fat (5-10 g/day) (group C); or a low-fat (4-5 g/day) diet (group D) were compared over 24 diet week...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Singh RB,Niaz AM,Ghosh S,Agarwal P,Ahmad S,Begum R,Onouchi Z,Kummerow FA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Markers of thrombosis, inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and neurohumoral activation such as fibrinogen, D-dimer, C-reactive protein, von Willebrand factor, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and chromogranin-A are reported to be linked to the increase of cardiovascular risk for atherosclerosis progression and...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Scientific Committee of the PERTINENT Sub-Study, EUROPA-PERTINENT Investigators.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality of life in heart failure patients is receiving increased attention as a reflection of a treatment's potential secondary benefit of general well-being and daily functioning. The Metoprolol in Dilated Cardiomyopathy (MDC) trial was conducted as a large, multicenter trial to establish the effects of metoprolol on...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Wiklund I,Waagstein F,Swedberg K,Hjalmarsson A

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF) remains a major medical problem. Although in the last decades the benefits of several therapies in different patient populations with left ventricular dysfunction have been established, morbidity and mortality of CHF patients are high. Consequently, in the last decade improveme...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Szabó BM,van Veldhuisen DJ,de Graeff PA,Lie KI

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system has been a highly successful therapeutic approach for the prevention of hypertension-related end organ damage. Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers lower blood pressure and reduce morbidity and mortality in patients with cardiovascular...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Siragy HM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Permanent polymer drug-eluting stents (DES) are associated with a higher risk of late and very late stent thrombosis (ST); biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents (BP-DES) were designed to reduce these risks. However, their benefits are not completely clear. METHOD:We undertook a meta-analysis of randomize...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Wang Y,Dong P,Li L,Li X,Wang H,Yang X,Wang S,Li Z,Shang X

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excess activity of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is linked to human obese hypertension and to salt-sensitive hypertension. Paradoxically, reduced SNS activity has been implicated as a contributor to obesity, particularly in animal models, and salt loading usually inhibits SNS activity. We have investigated the ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ernsberger P,Koletsky RJ,Collins LA,Bedol D

更新日期：1996-06-01 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

abstract：:Of 17 patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension, 8 showed echocardiographic evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy. Cardiac and renal function evaluated by glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were studied in all patients before and after 20 weeks of quinapril treatment. Systolic pressure decreased from 174....

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： De Caprio L,De Rosa ML,Di Palma A,Lirato C,Caccese P,Sestito M,Lastoria S,Cicatiello AM,Rengo F

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In addition to lowering hemoglobin A1C, colesevelam has been shown to improve the atherogenic lipoprotein profile of subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) when used in combination with metformin and/or sulfonylureas. A recent study evaluated the effects of colesevelam as antidiabetes monotherapy in adul...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Rosenson RS,Rigby SP,Jones MR,Chou HS

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred thirteen patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass were randomly assigned to receive either bovine or porcine heparin. Heparin was infused at 4.5 mg/kg during bypass and administered at the lesser of 70 units/kg or 5000 units/dose at 12-hour intervals postoperatively. Platelet counts decreased to 45% of p...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Iverson LI,Duhaylongsod FG,Young JN,Ecker RR,Ennix CL Jr,Moretti RL,Farrar M,Hayes R,Lee J,May IA

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have questioned the safety of calcium antagonists in general, and short-acting dihydropyridine derivatives in particular. Reasons include excessive catecholamine stimulation after stress. We therefore wanted to assess whether amlodipine, a second generation dihydropyridine with a prolonged plasma half-l...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Stankovic S,Panz V,Klug E,Di Nicola G,Joffe BI

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levosimendan, a calcium sensitizer and potassium channel-opener, is widely appreciated by many specialist heart failure practitioners for its effects on systemic and pulmonary hemodynamics and for the relief of symptoms of acute heart failure. The drug's impact on mortality in large randomized controlled trials has be...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Bouchez S,Fedele F,Giannakoulas G,Gustafsson F,Harjola VP,Karason K,Kivikko M,von Lewinski D,Oliva F,Papp Z,Parissis J,Pollesello P,Pölzl G,Tschöpe C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the pharmacokinetics and antiarrhythmic activity of dihydroquinidine and quinidine in 14 patients (11 men, 3 women, aged 28 to 67 years) with heart disease and chronic, stable, high-frequency premature ventricular beats (PVB) (greater than 100/hr). A randomized, double-blind, cross...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Chimienti M,Regazzi MB,La Rovere MT,Salerno JA,Previtali M,Montericcio V,Rondanelli R,Montemartini C

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with mild to moderate hypertension (diastolic blood pressure > or = 95 and < or = 115 mmHg) and renal dysfunction entered one of two studies to assess the safety of efficacious daily doses of quinapril on renal function and blood pressure. Twenty-four patients with moderate renal impairment (MRI) (creatinine ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Miller MA,Texter M,Gmerek A,Robbins J,Shurzinske L,Canter D

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early reperfusion represents the key strategy in ST elevation myocardial infarction. However, reperfusion may induce myocardial damage due to the reperfusion myocardial injury, compromising the full potential of reperfusion therapy and accounting for unfavourable results in high risk patients. Adenosine seems to atten...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Kassimis G,Davlouros P,Patel N,De Maria G,Kallistratos MS,Kharbanda RK,Manolis AJ,Alexopoulos D,Banning AP

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicorandil (N) and isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) are vasodilator drugs used in patients with angina. In 24 healthy male volunteers (18-32 years), the acute effect of a single oral dose (20 mg) of N and ISDN on arterial diameter (D), distensibility, and compliance of the elastic common carotid artery (CCA) and the muscul...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Kool MJ,Spek JJ,Struyker Boudier HA,Hoeks AP,Reneman RS,van Herwaarden RH,Van Bortel LM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenetic theories and treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon are reviewed. In primary Raynaud's disease, most evidence supports a local defect at the digital artery level, with vasoconstriction or vasospasm of the digital arteries inducing the color changes. Normal sympathetic activity, low transmural arterial dist...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Coffman JD

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Single- and multiple-dose studies were conducted to assess the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and safety of tolvaptan in healthy Japanese subjects. METHODS:All studies were single-center, randomized, placebo-controlled, single-blind or double-blind. In an ascending single-dose study, subjects were given a ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Kim SR,Hasunuma T,Sato O,Okada T,Kondo M,Azuma J

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:Major advances have been established in the handling of hypertensive vascular disease in recent years. However, drug compliance, drug costs, and the side effects of antihypertensive agents have prompted the question of whether intermittent therapy or even possible removal of medication represents an alternative to lif...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Schmieder RE,Rockstroh JK

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00