Drug-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Mechanisms and Clinical Management.

abstract：:There is still uncertainty of whether combined therapy with a beta-blocker and calcium-channel antagonist provides additive or synergistic clinical benefits in most patients with stable angina pectoris. The comparative antianginal effect of atenolol 50 mg and atenolol 50 mg and slow release nifedipine (20 mg) twice a ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Meyer TE,Adnams C,Commerford P

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:The effects of equipotent concentrations of diltiazem, verapamil, and nifedipine upon the accumulation of extracellular potassium [K+]out and the left ventricular pressure (LVP) were studied during global ischemia in isolated perfused rat hearts. Measurement of [K+]out and LVP were performed in two series of experimen...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Heijnis JB,Coronel R,van Zwieten PA

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：:Specific antiarrhythmic therapy with class I and III drugs for atrial fibrillation (AF) conversion and prevention of its recurrence is frequently utilized in clinical practice. Besides being only moderate effective, the utilization of antiarrhythmic drugs may be associated with serious side effects. In the clinical se...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Husser D,Stridh M,Sornmo L,Platonov P,Olsson SB,Bollmann A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the relationship between Daxx expression and the antiapoptotic effects of probucol in THP-1 macrophage. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Apoptosis of THP-1 derived macrophages was induced by exposure to oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxLDL). The development of apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry analysis a...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Su B,Yang YB,Tuo QH,Zhu BY,Lei XY,Yin W,Liao DF

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Several beta blocking drugs (BB) reduce mortality in systolic heart failure (LVSD). We have compared the initial response to introduction of carvedilol and bisoprolol during the standard dose titration protocols for each drug. METHODS:Approximately 31 unselected patients with stable LVSD were randomised t...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Hamaad A,Lip GY,Nicholls D,MacFadyen RJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of oral zofenopril pretreatment were investigated in a chronic closed-chest pig model of ischemia and reperfusion. Pigs (25-35 kg) were pretreated orally with zofenopril (15 mg/day) on the 2 days prior to ischemia, which was evoked by the inflation of a catheter balloon in the left anterior descending coro...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Tio RA,de Langen CD,de Graeff PA,van Gilst WH,Bel KJ,Wolters KG,Mook PH,van Wijngaarden J,Wesseling H

更新日期：1990-06-01 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：:In the latter half of the 20th century, among participants of the Framingham Heart Study, incidence of heart failure (HF) has declined by about a third in women but not in men and survival after the onset of HF has improved in both sexes; however, HF remains highly lethal with over 50% dying within 5 years after onset...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Kenchaiah S,Vasan RS

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Surrogate markers represent a significant contribution to early diagnosis, longitudinal prognoses, and outcome prediction in cases of hypertension. They often enable detection of disease and disease potential when the disease is still subclinical and are useful noninvasive tools for designing and evaluatin...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Maisel AS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction contributes to the initiation and development of hypertension. We previously found that simvastatin moderately decreases blood pressure in 2-kidney-2-clip (2k2c) renal hypertension, but the precise mechanisms are still unclear. The present study was designed to examine the protective actions of...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Zhang Z,Wang M,Xue SJ,Liu DH,Tang YB

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol plays an essential role in cell membrane synthesis and in cell growth and differentiation. In mammalian cells, cholesterol can be synthesized from acetate precursors or taken up from dietary or exogenous sources. The major catabolic route for disposal of cholesterol involves conversion into excretable bile...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Russell DW

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The benefits of statin treatment initiated in advanced age are largely unknown; however, good adherence to treatment is essential for beneficial effects to be achieved also when treating older people. This study characterizes older statin initiators, including their cardiovascular risk profiles and morbidity, a...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Upmeier E,Korhonen MJ,Rikala M,Helin-Salmivaara A,Huupponen R

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of trimetazidine on late potentials in patients with acute myocardial infarction. A total of 60 patients (52 males, mean age 55 +/- 2 years, and 8 females, mean age 54 +/- 1.8 years) with the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction were included in this study. The ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ozdemir R,Tuncer C,Aladag M,Güven A,Sezgin AT,Pekdemir H,Korkmaz ME,Müderrisoglu H

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatases (MKPs) are a family of dual-specificity phosphatases that inactivate MAPKs by dephosphorylation. Impairment of MKP-1 expression in insulin resistance has been suggested to affect the cardioprotective properties of insulin. We hypothesized that manipulation of it...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Webster I,Smith A,Lochner A,Huisamen B

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the associations of diuretics overall, non-potassium-sparing diuretics in specific, and laxative use with cardiovascular mortality (CVM) in subjects with antihypertensive treatment. METHODS:Analyses included 4253 participants, aged 50 to 75 years, from the German ESTHER cohort and 105,359 partic...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Hoppe LK,Muhlack DC,Koenig W,Brenner H,Schöttker B

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate and compare the functional type and the degree of antagonism of the selective angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARB) losartan, EXP 3174 (the active metabolite of losartan), valsartan and candesartan in human internal mammary arteries. METHODS:Human internal mammary arteries were obtained ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Wagenaar LJ,Voors AA,Buikema H,van Buiten A,Lübeck RH,Boonstra PW,van Veldhuisen DJ,van Gilst WH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess whether glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition using tirofiban in low risk patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may reduce the risk of periprocedural myocardial infarction compared to standard care in poor responders to aspirin and/or clopidogrel. METHODS:We will enroll patients at ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Valgimigli M,Campo G,de Cesare N,Vranckx P,Hamon M,Angiolillo DJ,Sabatè M,Ferrari F,Furgieri A,Tumscitz C,Repetto A,Colangelo S,Meliga E,Kubbajeh M,Parrinello G,Percoco G,Ferrari R

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annual mortality from congestive heart failure ranges from 15% to 60%, depending on the severity of the left ventricular damage and underlying disease. Most controlled trials have been too small to detect any beneficial effect on survival from the newer vasodilator and inotropic drugs. However, the results of two rece...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Meinertz T,Drexler H,Just H

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People who consume a diet rich in fruit and vegetables have lower risks of cancer, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. Many prospective cohort studies have reported inverse associations between dietary intake or blood levels of beta-carotene and risks of cancer. Several large-scale trials were set up to as...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Clarke R,Armitage J

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：PURPOSE:Although the role of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors for the treatment of hypertension has been well established, no data has been generated regarding the influence of ACE inhibitors for health-related quality-of-life (QOL) dimensions for Chinese patients. MATERIALS:A double-blind, active-contro...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Chien KL,Huang PJ,Chen MF,Chiang FT,Lai LP,Lee YT

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:For patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), guidelines recommend use of beta-blockers with gradual up-titration. However, many patients with HFrEF do not use beta-blockers and up-titration is rare. Our purpose was to identify and rank barriers to beta-blocker use and up-titration fro...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Levitan EB,Van Dyke MK,Loop MS,O'Beirne R,Safford MM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antihypertensive effects of once-daily administration of celiprolol 400 mg were compared with those of once-daily enalapril 20 mg in 20 mild to moderate essential hypertensives in a single-blind study in which the subjects were randomized to 2 weeks' treatment with either drug, preceded by 2 weeks of placebo admin...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ghiringhelli S,Cozzi E,Tsialtas D

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The melatonin receptor (MT) agonist ramelteon has a higher affinity to MT1 than for MT2 receptors and induces cardioprotection by involvement of mitochondrial potassium channels. Activation of mitochondrial potassium channels leads to release of free radicals. We investigated whether (1) ramelteon-induced cardi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Stroethoff M,Goetze L,Torregroza C,Bunte S,Raupach A,Heinen A,Mathes A,Hollmann MW,Huhn R

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:Insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism of the ACE gene has been reported to be involved in various cardiovascular diseases. We investigated prospectively whether the response to the ACE inhibitor fosinopril varied according to the ACE genotype in previously untreated Greek hypertensive patients. After a 4-week observ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Stavroulakis GA,Makris TK,Krespi PG,Hatzizacharias AN,Gialeraki AE,Anastasiadis G,Triposkiadis P,Kyriakidis M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00