Relaxations to endothelium-derived relaxing factor and the metabolite of molsidomine, SIN-1, in the aorta and the hindquarters of the rat.

abstract：:As cyclic 3',5'-guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) is still discussed as a possible mediator of the negative inotropic effects of cholinergic agents, the influence of acetylcholine (ACh) on force of contraction and cGMP tissue levels was studied in isolated, electrically driven guinea pig auricles in the presence of methy...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Groschner K,Holzmann S,Kukovetz WR

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasoactive effects of calcium antagonist drugs were compared using a multi-organ functional imaging technique with thallium-201 (Tl-201). Four drugs were tested at two different doses: nifedipine (10 and 25 micrograms/kg), verapamil (100 and 250 micrograms/kg), diltiazem (100 and 250 micrograms/kg), and bepridil (...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Moins N,Gachon P,Maublant J,Duchêne-Marullaz P

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of captopril on systolic function and diastolic myocardial expansion were assessed in an open-chest multiple occlusion model of myocardial stunning. Captopril was given as a 0.25 mg/kg bolus followed by a continuous infusion at 0.25 mg/kg/h for the duration of the stunning protocol, which was initiated 30 ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Eng C,Weil BJ,Sonnenblick EH

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine A1 receptor (A1AR) activation contracts smooth muscle, although signaling mechanisms are not thoroughly understood. Activation of A1AR leads to metabolism of arachidonic acid, including the production of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) by cytochrome P4504a (CYP4a). The 20-HETE can activate protein ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kunduri SS,Mustafa SJ,Ponnoth DS,Dick GM,Nayeem MA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With increasing age, cardiac beta-adrenoceptor function decreases. To study possible mechanisms underlying this process, we assessed in right atrial appendages from 52 patients of different ages (group A, < 20 years, mean age 3.7 +/- 1.0 years, n = 20; group B, 20-50 years, mean age, 37.9 +/- 2.3 years, n = 9; group C...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Brodde OE,Zerkowski HR,Schranz D,Broede-Sitz A,Michel-Reher M,Schäfer-Beisenbusch E,Piotrowski JA,Oelert H

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a 21-residue peptide isolated from the conditioned medium of cultured porcine endothelial cells and is widely distributed throughout the body, with relatively high levels in the kidney and lung. In this study we examined the influence of thyroid hormone status on immunoreactive endothelin (ir-ET...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Lam HC,Wang JP,Lee JK,Ho LT,Han TM,Lu CC,Chiang HT,Cheng DL

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been proposed to play a major role in causing the heart to hypertrophy during pressure overload. We examined whether blockade of this system by the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors enalapril (0.5 to 20 mg/kg p.o.) or ramipril (1.0 mg/kg p.o.) or the angiotensin rece...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Mohabir R,Young SD,Strosberg AM

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies indicate that there are biological interrelationships between blood pressure and blood lipids that may influence the mechanisms whereby hypertension is associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease. Serotonin (5-HT) and thromboxane A2, which are released from aggregating platelet...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Fetkovska N

更新日期：1992-01-01 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 "Oxford" system for continuous monitoring of the ambulatory blood pressure was used to assess the changes in blood pressure following therapy with the calcium ion antagonists verapamil and nifedipine in two separate groups of patients. In the first group 16 patients were studied on both no therapy and following a ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Gould BA,Hornung RS,Mann S,Balasubramanian V,Raftery EB

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac endothelial nitric oxide synthase (ecNOS) was suppressed and inducible NOS (iNOS) enhanced at the decompensated heart failure stage in 18-week-old Dahl salt-sensitive (DS) hypertensive rats to which a high-salt diet had been administered from the age of 6 weeks. Nicorandil (NIC) enhanced ecNOS by activating Ad...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Horinaka S,Kobayashi N,Yagi H,Mori Y,Matsuoka H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) crosses the blood-brain barrier when administered intravenously and accumulates in the brain. In this study, we investigated whether CoQ10 protects against ischemia-reperfusion injury by measuring neurological function and brain infarct volumes in a rat model of transient focal cerebral ischemia. ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Belousova M,Tokareva OG,Gorodetskaya E,Kalenikova EI,Medvedev OS

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A subset of essential hypertensives sensitive to salt and having normal or high renin levels are termed nonmodulators. These subjects fail to modulate their renal blood flow and aldosterone responsiveness when dietary sodium is changed. We have found that a positive family history of hypertension in a first degree rel...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Dluhy RG,Hopkins P,Hollenberg NK,Williams GH,Williams RR

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bethanidine sulfate is a congener of bretylium tosylate, which has been reported to have antiarrhythmic and antifibrillatory effects. We studied the effects of bethanidine on transmembrane potentials recorded from canine Purkinje fibers and ventricular muscle cells, using standard microelectrode techniques. Normal Pur...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Dangman KH,Miura DS

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiac electrophysiology of flecainide a new antiarrhythmic agent, was studied in open-chested dogs. At plasma concentrations of 0.4 to 0.7 microgram/ml, flecainide significantly prolonged atrioventricular (AV) conduction. At plasma concentrations greater than 6.5 micrograms/ml, flecainide caused delay throughout...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hodess AB,Follansbee WP,Spear JF,Moore EN

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of short-term amiodarone and dronedarone treatments on action potential characteristics and arrhythmia (ventricular tachycardia ) induced by reperfusion after global low-flow ischemia were studied in rat hearts. The actions of amiodarone and SR on recovery of coronary flow and contractile function were als...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rochetaing A,Barbé C,Kreher P

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early studies in experimental animals and in humans indicated the need to examine the feasibility of infarct size reduction by the early treatment of patients recruited to well-designed clinical trials. The extensive experience with beta-adrenoceptor blockers and the comparatively recent data generated with the use of...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Fitzsimons TJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience with angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor drugs as with other antihypertensive agents, is limited in the elderly. Nevertheless, they appear effective and well tolerated but without evidence to suggest that they have any special role in the elderly compared to a younger age group. Most are excreted ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ball SG

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our earlier study in vivo showed that a lower dose of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) brought greater enhancement in fibrin gel permeability (Ks) than a higher dose. To assess whether this finding related to modifications of fibrinogen clotting property by ASA, purified fibrinogen was incubated with ASA and/or salicylic ac...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： He S,Bark N,Wang H,Svensson J,Blombäck M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation demonstrates an increase in endothelin (ET)-mediated vascular tone in peri-ischemic areas after experimental focal cerebral ischemia (middle cerebral artery occlusion) in the cat. Adventitial application of the butenolide antagonist PD155080 (30 microM), after MCA occlusions resulted in marked incre...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Patel TR,Galbraith SL,McAuley MA,Doherty AM,Graham DI,McCulloch J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations with a high sodium intake have a high prevalence of hypertension and a high mortality and morbidity due to cerebrovascular disease. Within populations, however, it is very difficult to demonstrate a significant correlation between sodium intake and blood pressure. Experimental evidence exists demonstrating...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kesteloot H

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic strategy of heart rate control for atrial fibrillation (AF) is undergoing a renaissance since several recent randomized trials demonstrated clear advantages over the rhythm control for many patients. Heart rate control for AF is hampered, however, by a dearth of information relating target heart rates ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Wyse DG

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined mechanisms of the central sympathoinhibitory actions of systemically administered clonidine in anesthetized cats. To avoid influences of sympathetic chemo- and baroreflexes, the animals were deafferentated by cutting the carotid sinus and vagal nerves bilaterally. Intravenous (i.v.) injections of clonidine...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Seller H,Czachurski J,Zanzinger J

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) not only causes potent vasoconstriction but also leads to fluid retention, both actions mediated by ET(A)- and/or ET(B)-receptors. Selective ET(A)- and combined ET(A)/ET(B)-receptor antagonists improve hemodynamics in heart failure; however, it is also important to evaluate the effects of these ant...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ohnishi M,Wada A,Tsutamoto T,Sawaki M,Fujii M,Matsumoto T,Kinoshita M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in which an isolated heart or in situ constant pressure preparation was used suggested a minimal role for adenosine in autoregulatory control of coronary circulation. These results, however, are controversial, and the role of adenosine in autoregulation of flow in heart is uncertain. To test the hypot...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Komaru T,Lamping KG,Dellsperger KC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three agents with K(+)-channel-opening activity--nicorandil, bimakalim (EMD 52692), and EMD 56431--were tested for vasorelaxation abilities in human coronary artery and human arteria mammaria. The potency orders were bimakalim = EMD 56431 > nicorandil for relaxation in human coronary artery and bimakalim = EMD 56431 >...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Bossaller C,Auch-Schwelk W,Graf K,Gräfe M,Catadelgirmen G,Ennker J,Fleck E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The signaling impact of a human beta1-adrenergic receptor (beta1 AR) polymorphism at residue 49 of the aminoterminus (Ser-to-Gly substitution) was studied by recombinantly expressing each receptor. The two receptors displayed identical agonist and antagonist binding affinities. Furthermore, basal and agonist-stimulate...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rathz DA,Brown KM,Kramer LA,Liggett SB

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to assess whether angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) could prevent the recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS:A systemic literature search of PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register till 2012 was performed...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Han M,Zhang Y,Sun S,Wang Z,Wang J,Xie X,Gao M,Yin X,Hou Y

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure (HF) is characterized by activation of both neurohumoral and sympathetic nervous systems. Specifically, HF is associated with increases in vasopressin (VP) and endothelin (ET) and in arterial baroreflex dysfunction. Hypothesis was that central ET-1 potentiates VP secretion in HF due to impaired pressor r...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Rossi NF,Chen H,Musch TI

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have suggested that the posterior hypothalamic adenosine A2 receptors may play a role in central cardiovascular regulation. In this study, we examined the influence of posterior hypothalamic adenosine A2B receptors on the regulation of blood pressure and heart rate. Drugs were injected into the poster...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Lee TK,Koh HC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00