Cardiac regeneration: still a 21st century challenge in search for cardiac progenitors from stem cells and embryos.

abstract：:To investigate the effects of ramipril, a new angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, on autonomic function, autonomic function tests were performed in eight healthy male subjects, aged 22-26 years, after single oral administration of 5 mg of ramipril or placebo, in a randomized, double-blind, crossover design. Measu...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sugimoto K,Kumagai Y,Tateishi T,Seguchi H,Ebihara A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine whether short-term treatment with trimetazidine (TMZ), an antiischemic agent that directly inhibits fatty acid oxidation and results in stimulation of glucose oxidation, may improve myocardial perfusion and left ventricular systolic function in diabetic patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. METHODS ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Belardinelli R,Cianci G,Gigli M,Mazzanti M,Lacalaprice F

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the endothelin (ET) receptors involved in the vasoconstrictor responses to ET-1 in rat pulmonary arteries and arterioles and the effect of endothelium removal, nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibition, and hypoxia on ET-1-induced responses in the arteries. In isolated rat pulmonary artery rings (2-3 mm ID...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： MacLean MR,McCulloch KM,Baird M

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) produced by vascular endothelial cells has been proposed to act in a paracrine manner on adjacent smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in vivo, exerting a variety of short- and long-term effects. Although some of the in vitro ET-1-mediated effects are related to growth-promoting events, the physiological sig...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hahn AW,Resink TJ,Kern F,Bühler FR

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:The depressor and renal responses to the neutral endopeptidase (NEP) inhibitor, SQ 29,072, were characterized in both the conscious spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) and the conscious deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)/salt hypertensive rat. Inhibition of tissue NEP activity by pharmacologically active doses was al...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Seymour AA,Norman JA,Asaad MM,Fennell SA,Swerdel JN,Little DK,Dorso CR

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant reduction of maximal vasodilation capacity at the calf in relation to the severity of the hypertensive state has been demonstrated in essential hypertension. The aim of this study was to evaluate the behavior of calf blood flow and vascular resistance in borderline hypertensives (BH) in comparison with n...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Novo S,Pinto A,Alaimo G,Galati D,Strano A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human saphenous veins (SV) are used for coronary bypass surgery despite the higher rate of graft failure observed as compared to arteries. A higher production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in SV than in internal mammary artery (IMA) has been incriminated as possibly implicated in graft failure. NADPH oxidase, invol...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Chose O,Sansilvestri-Morel P,Badier-Commander C,Bernhardt F,Fabiani JN,Rupin A,Verbeuren TJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is a novel growth hormone (GH)-releasing peptide, isolated from the stomach, which is identified as an endogenous ligand for GH secretagogues receptor. Although both ghrelin and its specific receptor are expressed in blood vessels, the cardiovascular effects of ghrelin remain unknown. To clarify whether ghreli...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Okumura H,Nagaya N,Enomoto M,Nakagawa E,Oya H,Kangawa K

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of endothelin-1 (ET-1) to primary cultures of bovine adrenal chromaffin cells causes a significant enhancement of norepinephrine and epinephrine efflux, with an EC50 of about 1 nM. A maximally effective concentration of endothelin (10 nM) gives a transient increase in noradrenaline release within 5 min. The a...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Boarder MR,Marriott DB

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the comparative effects of benazepril and nitrendipine monotherapies on left ventricular mass index (LVMI) in hypertensive patients with echocardiographically determined left ventricular hypertrophy, patients with diastolic blood pressure (BP) > or = 100 mm Hg were randomized to benazepril, 10 mg, or nitrend...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Gaudio C,Tanzilli G,Ferri FM,Villatico Campbell S,Bertocchi F,Motolese M,Campa PP

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (donepezil hydrochloride) has recently been used for the treatment of senile dementia of Alzheimer type. The effect of this acetylcholinesterase inhibitor on the autonomic nervous control of the heart was investigated in 17 patients with senile dementia of Alzheimer type. Donepezil ad...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Masuda Y,Kawamura A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of catecholamine (CA)-containing neurones and tissue noradrenaline (NA) concentration was investigated in pig hearts with and without myocardial ischemia. All hearts were shock-frozen using a Wollenberger clamp, and tissue samples were obtained from the mid- and apical left ventricular wall (nonischem...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hirche H,McDonald FM,Polwin W,Addicks K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective randomized study, we assessed the electrophysiologic effects and the efficacy of ajmaline versus propafenone in patients with accessory pathways (APs). During initiated atrioventricular (AV) reentrant tachycardia or atrial fibrillation (AF), ajmaline (1 mg/kg as bolus followed by infusion of 15 microg...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Chen X,Borggrefe M,Martinez-Rubio A,Hief C,Haverkamp W,Hindricks G,Breithardt G

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium-antagonist drugs are therapeutic agents of first choice in patients with coronary artery disease. We have reviewed a number of clinical trials in which the safety and efficacy of calcium blockers have been tested and discuss the established clinical effects of these compounds, which range from relief of angina...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ghio S,Specchia G

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The superoxide radical scavenging effects of the SH group in the captopril molecule has been proposed to be the basis of the "cadioprotective" effect of this angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor in animal models of myocardial injury. We determined the effects of captopril, another ACE inhibitor with an SH gro...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Mehta JL,Nicolini FA,Lawson DL

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three patients [mean age 49.7 +/- 5.6 years (WHO II-III)] with severe hypertension and not responding to previous drug treatment were included in the study to evaluate the effect of nitrendipine (NTP) as monotherapy and also in combination with propranolol (PRO). After a control period of 10 days, NTP was start...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Faulhaber HD,Gruner R,Homuth V,Naumann E,Menz M,Hartrodt W,Schmidt J,Mohnike W

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of apstatin (an aminopeptidase P inhibitor) on bradykinin-induced inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) formation and glucose uptake in isolated neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Apstatin enhanced bradykinin-induced IP3 formation in a dose-dependent manner. We found that 1 microM Hoe 140 (a bradykini...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kudoh A,Kudoh E,Katagai H,Takazawa T

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pro-arrhythmia by noncardiac drugs has become an important safety concern in the pharmaceutical industry. The most common underlying mechanism for induction of arrhythmias by noncardiac drugs is off-target block of the native cardiac repolarizing current, I Kr. The pore-forming subunit of I Kr is encoded by the human ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Margulis M,Sorota S

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute, 60 min blood pressure and plasma renin responses to an oral test dose of captopril given to a quietly seated patient can be used to gain information quickly on renin dependency or lack of it in a hypertensive situation. This information is verified by a baseline renin sodium profile test. These two diagnost...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Laragh JH

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:Platelet aggregation induced by serotonin in plasma obtained from 9 volunteers was inhibited at 90 min and 15 h after the oral administration of ketanserin, either acutely or after one week of chronic administration. At 7 days after the last dose, a transient overreaction to serotonin occurred. Platelet reactions to e...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： De Clerck F,Xhonneux B

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the possible local nociceptive and hyperalgesic properties of endothelin-1 (ET-1) in the rat knee-joint incapacitation test, in which animals are placed for 1 min/h on a revolving (3 rpm) metal cylinder and nociception is measured as the time the hindpaw of the injected limb was off the cylinder (i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： De-Melo JD,Tonussi CR,D'Orléans-Juste P,Rae GA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence support a fundamental role for voltage-gated sodium channels in mediating ischemic Na rise. We examined the effect of the novel anti-ischemic compound KC 12291 on veratridine-stimulated and lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC)-induced sustained sodium current (I(NAL)) mediated by sodium channels in ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Tamareille S,Le Grand B,John GW,Feuvray D,Coulombe A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irisin, a muscle-origin protein derived from the extracellular domain of the fibronectin domain-containing 5 protein (FNDC5), has been shown to modulate mitochondria welfare through paracrine action. Here, we test the hypothesis that irisin contributes to cardioprotection after myocardial infarction by preserving mito...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Wang Z,Chen K,Han Y,Zhu H,Zhou X,Tan T,Zeng J,Zhang J,Liu Y,Li Y,Yao Y,Yi J,He D,Zhou J,Ma J,Zeng C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen hypertensive patients were treated with increasing doses of the new angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor MK 421. Twenty milligrams orally reduced blood pressure from 180/112 +/- 6.8/3.6 (mean +/- SEM) to 160/100 +/- 6.5/3.3 mm Hg (p less than 0.005) while heart rate increased from 75 +/- 2 to 87 +/- 3 beat...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Biollaz J,Brunner HR,Gavras I,Waeber B,Gavras H

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using selective endothelin (ET) receptor antagonists, we investigated which ET receptor subtypes mediate the changes in blood pressure and hematocrit produced by intraarterial injection of ET-1 in the anesthetized rabbit. In addition, the receptor through which ET-1 stimulates the release of prostacyclin (PGI2) and, h...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： McMurdo L,Lidbury PS,Corder R,Thiemermann C,Vane JR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of endothelin-A (ETA) and endothelin-B (ETB) receptors in ischemia/reperfusion-induced cardiac dysfunction and norepinephrine overflow using isolated rat hearts. According to the Langendorff technique, isolated hearts were subjected to 40 minutes of global ischemia followed by 30 minutes of re...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Yamamoto S,Matsumoto N,Kanazawa M,Fujita M,Takaoka M,Matsumura Y

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In primarily cultured pig coronary smooth muscle cells, extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP; 10(-9) to 10(-3) M) dose-dependently increases intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i). The [Ca2+]i transients measured by fura-2 fluorescence consist of peak and plateau phases with [Ca2+]i values of 191.84 +/- 5.67 nM (n = 10)...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Seiler L,Matyas S,Fleckenstein-Grün G

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ranolazine was previously shown to stimulate cardiac glucose oxidation. Dichloroacetate (DCA) also does and was shown to improve exercise capacity in animals, but it has long-term toxicity problems. To test the hypothesis that ranolazine would increase exercise performance in the chronic heart failure (CHF) condition,...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Aaker A,McCormack JG,Hirai T,Musch TI

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00