Left ventricular hypertrophy: a pressure-independent cardiovascular risk factor.

abstract：:Left ventricular (LV) function and end-diastolic dimensions were determined during antegrade and retrograde perfusions, respectively. Isolated hearts from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) and renal hypertensive rats and SHRs to which either feldopine, nifedipine, alpha-methyldopa, or a combination of felodipine ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Nordlander M,Wåhlander H,Friberg P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials in patients with congestive heart failure have shown a wide disparity in the hemodynamic responses to chronic therapy with newer positive inotropic drugs. Therefore, the long-term efficacy of enoximone was studied in 10 patients with severe congestive heart failure. Patients were evaluated clinically, ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Gilfrich HJ,Witzke-Gross J,Römer A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of deaths attributable to hypertension are coronary artery disease (CAD) deaths and, consequently, the prevention of CAD should be the primary aim of hypertension management. Recent meta-analyses confirm the results of the individual hypertension intervention trials, which demonstrated a disappointing sho...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Poulter NR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1), endothelin-3 (ET-3), sarafotoxin 6b (SX6b), and sarafotoxin 6C (SX6c) were used as agonists, and BQ-123 (ETA-selective) and PD 142893 (ET receptor-nonselective) were used as antagonists to characterize the receptors mediating the effects of the ET/SX peptides on a variety of isolated smooth-muscle...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Warner TD,Allcock GH,Mickley EJ,Corder R,Vane JR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MCI-154 is a potent nonglycoside and non-sympathomimetic cardiotonic agent with a pyridazinone structure. We assessed its cardiac and coronary vasodilator effects by use of isolated, blood-perfused papillary muscle, sinoatrial (SA) node, and atrioventricular (AV) node preparations of dogs. The drug (1-100 nmol) was in...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hosono M,Taira N

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to determine if cardiodepression can be dissociated from cardioprotection with calcium antagonists and which one (diltiazem, nifedipine, or verapamil) can maximally protect ischemic myocardium at a given level of cardiodepression. Isolated rat hearts were subjected to 0.1, 0.5, or 1.0 microM d...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Grover GJ,Sleph PG

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:21-Aminosteroids are a group of new synthetic compounds developed as antiperoxidants. Although several studies have demonstrated their cardioprotective properties in acute ischemic models, none has assessed their long-term benefits after chronic myocardial infarction. In this investigation, we examined the cardioprote...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Ngo PL,Chen H,Qi S,Paquette F,Dumont L

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Besides generating renal damage, hypertension plays an important role in the progression of diabetic nephropathy. The fructose-fed rat is a well-established model both of high blood pressure and renal impairment, which is similar to diabetic nephropathy. To clarify the relationship between hypertension, glucose metabo...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Bernobich E,Cosenzi A,Campa C,Zennaro C,Sasso F,Paoletti S,Bellini G

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, alterations between the electrical and mechanical responses of isolated neonatal and adult canine ventricular muscle preparations before and after ouabain exposure are described. No significant differences were observed between the two age groups in the concentration-dependent effects of ouabain on inc...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Lathrop DA,Varró A,Gaum WE,Kaplan S

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carvedilol (20 mg/kg, bid) or vehicle was given to rats surviving a myocardial infarction (MI) 24 h (n = 409). In rats with large MI, carvedilol partially preserved left ventricular (LV) function and intrinsic myocardial contractility and reactivity to beta-adrenergic stimulation. Carvedilol led to scar thickening, in...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sia YT,Parker TG,Tsoporis JN,Liu P,Adam A,Rouleau JL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regeneration of the heart after a stroke would be the best biologic response to restore its function. However, although this phenomenon occurs in primitive organisms, the regenerative potential is lost in mammals. Thus, the search for an appropriate cardiac progenitor with the potential to differentiate into a functio...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Neri T,Stefanovic S,Pucéat M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is a potent stimulator of growth of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). VSMCs from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) show exaggerated growth and increasingly express PDGF A-chain messenger RNA (mRNA). To examine adenovirus-mediated transfer of a ribozyme targeting the PDGF ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Hu WY,Fukuda N,Kotani M,Kanmatsuse K

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carthamin yellow (CY) is a flavonoid compound isolated from safflower, which is widely used clinically in China. It has various pharmacological effects including promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis and alleviating pain. Ischemic heart disease is one of the main culprits of illness and death. Here, in th...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Lu QY,Ma JQ,Duan YY,Sun Y,Yu S,Li B,Zhang GM

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasoconstrictor effects of endothelin-1 (ET-1) and norepinephrine (NE) were compared in the exteriorized rat mesentery in situ. ET-1 was 1,000 times more potent than NE in constricting both arterioles and venules. Vasoconstrictions induced by ET-1 lasted much longer than those caused by the catecholamine. At nonre...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Fortes ZB,de Nucci G,Garcia-Leme J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of olprinone (0.2 microg/kg per minute, i.v.) on cerebral blood flow were examined using technetium-99m-ethyl cysteinate dimer (99mTc-ECD) brain single-photon emission computed tomography in 14 stroke patients (69.0 +/- 5.6 years) and 12 normal subjects (68.1 +/- 6.2 years). The regional cerebral blood flo...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Yukiiri K,Mizushige K,Ueda T,Nishiyama Y,Aoyama T,Kohno M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bezafibrate, a potent hypolipidemic agent, was studied as potentially preventive in the atherosclerosis-associated vascular hyperresponsiveness to alpha-adrenoceptors agonists in rats. Contractile responses to norepinephrine (NE) were determined in isolated tail arteries of rats fed an atherogenic or a standard diet. ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Trzeciak HI,Okopień B,Kozłowski A,Chociłowska D,Bara A

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute effects of doxorubicin on coronary perfusion and left ventricular pressures and intracellular phosphate metabolite levels, the latter obtained by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance, were measured simultaneously in isolated, isovolumic rat hearts (Langendorf preparation) perfused at constant flow. Nineteen experi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Pelikan PC,Weisfeldt ML,Jacobus WE,Miceli MV,Bulkley BH,Gerstenblith G

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we used the spontaneously beating, isolated rat right atrium as an in vitro model to study arrhythmogenic effects of electrical stimulation. A tetrapolar platinum electrode was used for stimulation and recording of atrial electrical activity at 36.5 degrees C (spontaneous rate, 4.9+/-0.3 Hz). A flutter-...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Godoy CM,Bassani RA,Bassani JW

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary arteries from animals on normal diets (ND) exhibit well-maintained responses to dilators under ischemic conditions. The reported altered metabolic requirements and K+-currents in blood vessels from hypercholesterolemic animals fed high-fat diets (HF) led us to hypothesize that under metabolically depressed co...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Franke R,Yang Y,Rubin LJ,Magliola L,Jones AW

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether the activation of the renin-angiotensin system after intramuscular isoprenaline injection contributes to the simultaneous increase in vasopressin release. Plasma concentrations of vasopressin and angiotensin II were measured in conscious rats using specific radioimmunoassays. Intravenous infusions ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Knepel W,Meyer DK

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a combination of bone marrow mononuclear cell (BM-MNC) implantation and sarpogrelate, a selective 5-HT(2A) antagonist, on endothelial function in patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI). METHODS:We evaluated the leg blood flow (LBF) responses to ac...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Higashi Y,Miyazaki M,Goto C,Sanada H,Sueda T,Chayama K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the impact of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, an important asthma precipitant, on endothelin receptor function and release in sheep bronchial explants. RSV infection was confirmed using polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry. Since sheep airway smooth muscle contains only endot...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Fernandes LB,D'Aprile AC,Self GJ,Harnett GB,Goldie RG

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen nonhospitalized men, average age 41.3 years with essential hypertension (WHO I-II) were given nifedipine slow-release tablets of 20 mg twice daily for 48 weeks. Both supine and standing blood pressure values were significantly reduced, but heart rate was not significantly changed by the drug. A significant dec...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Landmark K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) of the whole body, including cardiac sympathetic nerves, is activated in patients with severe congestive systolic heart failure (CHF). Carvedilol can improve clinical status in such patients. This study aimed to determine how carvedilol acts on the SNS to improve CHF. ME...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Machida M,Takechi S,Fujimoto T,Kakinoki S,Nomura A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of CGS 26303, an endothelin-converting enzyme inhibitor, on the prevention and reversal of cerebral vasospasm was investigated in a rabbit model of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). In the prevention study, rabbits were injected with 3 ml of autologous blood in the cisterna magna and treatment with CGS 26303 i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kwan AL,Bavbek M,Jeng AY,Toyoda T,Kassell NF,Lee KS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the contribution of angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)] to captopril-induced cardiovascular protection in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) chronically treated with the nitric oxide synthesis inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (SHR-l). NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (80 mg/L) administration for 3 ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Benter IF,Yousif MH,Al-Saleh FM,Raghupathy R,Chappell MC,Diz DI

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-month-old spontaneously hypertensive rats were treated for 1, 2, or 3 months with daily intraperitoneal injections of naftidrofuryl (30 mg/kg). Systolic arterial pressure was measured. Tail arteries were removed and perfused at a constant flow rate of 2 ml/min. A concentration-response curve for serotonin was pr...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Thorin E,Capdeville C,Trocklé G,Wiernsperger N,Atkinson J

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:The different mechanisms of action of beta-blockers and calcium antagonists could result in an additive therapeutic effect in patients with angina pectoris. Twenty-one male patients aged between 41 and 68 years and suffering from chronic stable angina pectoris and coronary artery disease confirmed by angiography took ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Schnellbacher K,Bestehorn HP,Roskamm H

更新日期：1990-01-01 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