Increases in blood pressure and heart rate induced by caffeine are inhibited by (-)-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate: involvement of catecholamines.

abstract：:The effects of SIN-1 were studied on isolated aortic rings and perfused hindquarters of the rat and were compared with the effects of nitroglycerin and endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) released by acetylcholine or histamine (aorta) and carbachol (hindquarters). SIN-1 relaxes rat aortic rings in a dose-depend...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Van de Voorde J,Claeys M,Leusen I

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:Establishing efficient perfusion into the myocardium is the main purpose in patients with acute coronary syndrome, but the process of reperfusion is not without risk and can damage the myocardium paradoxically. Unfortunately, there is no effective treatment for reperfusion injury, and efforts to find an effici...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kakavand H,Aghakouchakzadeh M,Coons J,Talasaz AH

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the ability of angiotensin II (Ang II) to facilitate the stimulation-induced release of [3H]norepinephrine [( 3H]NE) from two cardiovascular regulatory areas in normal and sodium-restricted rats. Ang II (10(-7) M) facilitated the field-stimulation-induced release of [3H]NE from the A2 area of t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Meldrum MJ,Xue CS,Badino L,Westfall TC

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nitric oxide (NO) synthase activity present in murine J774.2 monocyte/macrophages was characterized in terms of its intracellular localization, substrate specificity, and Ca2+ dependency. Traces of constitutive NO synthase activity were found in the microsomal fraction from noninduced J774.2 cells, whereas no NO s...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hecker M,Walsh DT,Vane JR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imipramine, amitriptyline, mianserine, maprotiline, and trazodone are five widely used antidepressant drugs with different chemical structures. Imipramine and amitriptyline are tricyclics, mianserine and maprotiline are tetracyclics, and trazodone is a triazolopyridine derivative. We studied the effects of these drugs...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Casis O,Sánchez-Chapula JA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine and verapamil have successfully been used in the treatment of clinical no-reflow after direct angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction. However, their effects on anatomic perfusion defects in experimental myocardial ischemia/reperfusion are unknown. Thus the area of no-reflow (ANR), visualized after in-vi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Reffelmann T,Kloner RA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some calcium antagonists, including nitrendipine, were noted to cause a dose-dependent and reversible inhibition of insulin release in certain animal models. Therefore, it is important to know the effects of clinical treatment with calcium antagonists in nondiabetic or diabetic man. A review of the literature allows t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Trost BN,Weidmann P

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simvastatin (SV), an inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase activity inhibits migration and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC). To investigate whether these effects of SV are related to inhibition of cell calcium mobilization, cultured SMC obtained from rat aorta were l...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Escobales N,Castro M,Altieri PI,Sanabria P

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparative contributions of arachidonic acid (AA) metabolites and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) to the delay of reperfusion and rate of reocclusion after coronary thrombolysis with streptokinase were assessed in dogs using (a) single TXA2 synthase inhibition; (b) single 5-HT2-receptor blockade; (c) dual TXA2 synthas...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Vandeplassche G,Hermans C,Van Dael L,Wouters L,De Clerck F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autonomic nervous system exerts broad control over the involuntary functions of the human body through complex equilibrium between sympathetic and parasympathetic tone. Imbalance in this equilibrium is associated with a multitude of cardiovascular outcomes, including mortality. The cardiovascular static state of t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sigurdsson MI,Waldron NH,Bortsov AV,Smith SB,Maixner W

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the hemodynamic and inotropic effects of the new class III antiarrhythmic drug melperone. In eight pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs, the effects of intravenous melperone 0.5, 2.5, and 12.5 mg/kg-1 were tested. During atrial pacing we measured cardiac output (CO), mean aortic blood pressure (MAP), right ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Platou ES,Smiseth OA,Refsum H,Rouleau JL,Chuck LH

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of R 56,865, a compound with unusual calcium antagonistic properties, on altered left ventricular (LV) diastolic properties were studied during pacing-induced ischemia in dogs with coronary stenosis. Severe coronary artery stenosis was produced on both the left anterior descending (LAD) and circumflex (Cx)...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Vandeplassche G,Hermans C,Wouters L,Borgers M

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of biologic therapy has enhanced our ability to augment disease in an increasingly targeted manner. The use of biologics in cardiovascular disease (CVD) has steadily increased over the past several decades. Much of the early data on biologics and CVD were derived from their use in rheumatologic populations....

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Van Taunay JS,Albelda MT,Frias JC,Lipinski MJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is synthesized and secreted by cardiomyocytes and induces cardiac hypertrophy. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR-alpha) is a lipid-activated nuclear receptor that negatively regulates the vascular inflammatory gene response by interacting with transcription factors, such as nuc...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Irukayama-Tomobe Y,Miyauchi T,Kasuya Y,Sakai S,Goto K,Yamaguchi I

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the hemodynamic dose-response characteristics of a titrated, continuous adenosine infusion before and 1 h (anesthetized), 1 week, and 1 year after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Average tolerated adenosine infusion rates were less 1 h and 1 week after surgery (128 +/- 23 and 118 +/- ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Anderson RE,Lind B,Owall A,Brodin LA

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:The effects of local myocardial administration of lactic acid and low-dose edaravone were investigated to determine if this combination provides benefits similar to mechanical postconditioning. We randomly divided 108 rats into 6 groups: sham, reperfusion injury, postconditioning (Post), lactic acid (Lac), low-dose ed...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Zhang G,Sun Y,Wang Y,Li X,Li T,Su S,Xu L,Shen H

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of NIP-121, a potassium channel opener, on KCl- and norepinephrine (NE)-induced contraction, the phasic-contraction under the Ca(2+)-free condition and cytosolic free-Ca2+ mobilization using isolated rat aorta. NIP-121 as well as cromakalim inhibited, in the KCl- and NE-contractions concentrati...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Yamashita T,Masuda Y,Tanaka S

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium is a signaling element of general importance to cells. In muscle, its key function is the activation of troponin C, which is essential for the contraction of myofibrils in skeletal and heart muscles, and of myosin light chain kinase, which is essential for the contraction of smooth muscles. Calcium modulates t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Carafoli E

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation is pivotal in the progression of hypertension, atherosclerosis, and restenosis. Resveratrol is a grape polyphenol that is implicated as an important contributor to red wine's vascular protective effects. Its antimitogenic action on VSMC is attributed to an array of plei...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ekshyyan VP,Hebert VY,Khandelwal A,Dugas TR

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several mechanisms of action for Ca2+ antagonists are possible at the vascular muscle cell membrane and at subsequent steps. In rat caudal artery, nitrendipine hyperpolarizes the resting vascular muscle cell, an action different from that of verapamil. Hyperpolarization might be expected to explain the relaxant action...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hermsmeyer K,Kuthe C

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of bilateral sinoaortic denervation were examined in rabbits in vivo and in vitro. In the in vivo studies the effects of intravenous administration of the alpha-adrenoceptor agonists phenylephrine and guanabenz and the antagonists prazosin and phentolamine on mean arterial pressure, heart rate, and plasma ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Berthelot A,Hamilton CA,Petty MA,Reid JL

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess dose-related effects of enalapril, we treated eight hospitalized hypertensive patients receiving constant sodium intake with incremental doses of this new angiotensin converting-enzyme blocking drug. After a few days of placebo treatment, enalapril was given in single daily doses, starting with 1.25 mg and i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： de Leeuw PW,Birkenhäger WH

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary pulmonary hypertension continues to be a fatal disease. We have recently demonstrated that long-term inhibition of Rho-kinase, an effector of the small GTPase Rho, is effective for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in rats and humans. Prostacyclin has been clinically used for the treatment of PH wit...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Abe K,Morikawa K,Hizume T,Uwatoku T,Oi K,Seto M,Ikegaki I,Asano T,Kaibuchi K,Shimokawa H

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：:Sixteen hypertensive patients received pindolol (10-45 mg/day); mean +/- SD, 28.75 +/- 15.22) for 3-8 weeks in a placebo-controlled, single-blind, crossover study. Supine and standing blood pressures (BP) were lowered, whereas effective renal plasma flow and glomerular filtration rates (estimated from the clearances o...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Wilcox CS,Lewis PS,Peart WS,Sever PS,Osikowska BA,Suddle SA,Bluhm MM,Veall N,Lancaster R

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the tolerance-inducing effects of nitroglycerin (NTG) and nicorandil (NIC) in porcine isolated coronary arteries and assessed the role of KATP channels in the response to NIC in nitrate-tolerant and nontolerant preparations. In coronary arteries contracted with U46619 (1-3 x 10(-9) M), NTG, NIC, sodium nit...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： O'Rourke ST

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown the ability of salicylic acid (SA) to trap hydroxyl radicals (OH.) generated during reperfusion in ischemic myocardium. Since OH. is implicated in the pathogenesis of reperfusion injury, we examined the effect of SA on reperfusion-induced arrhythmias and postischemic ventricular dysfunction. ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Liu XK,Tosaki A,Engleman RM,Das DK

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) plays a protective role in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. However, the concomitant production of superoxide and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) during I/R may diminish the bioavailability of NO and hence compromise the beneficial effects. The objective of this study was to investig...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kutala VK,Khan M,Mandal R,Potaraju V,Colantuono G,Kumbala D,Kuppusamy P

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levosimendan is a calcium sensitizer that promotes myocyte contractility through its calcium-dependent interaction with cardiac troponin C. Administered intravenously, it has been used for nearly 2 decades to treat acute and advanced heart failure and to support the heart function in various therapy settings character...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Al-Chalabi A,Heunks LMA,Papp Z,Pollesello P

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00