Influence of nonpeptide angiotensin II receptor antagonist, losartan, on neurogenic vasoconstriction.

abstract：:Kinins elicit prostaglandin and inositol phosphate production in 3T3 fibroblasts through stimulation of B2 receptors. Prostaglandin synthesis is maximum by 5 min, whereas inositol phosphate production continues for longer than 30 min. Prostaglandin synthesis is stimulated by phospholipase A2, which releases arachidona...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Burch RM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new bradycardic agent UL-FS 49 (1,3,4,5-tetrahydro-7,8-dimethoxy-3-[3-[[2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl]ethyl] methylimino]propyl]-2H-3-benzazepin-2-on-hydrochloride) was investigated in isolated guinea pig atria. In spontaneously beating preparations UL-FS 49, (0.03 and 0.1 microgram/ml) reduced the rate of contraction an...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Lillie C,Kobinger W

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous injections of the indirect sympathetic amine, tyramine, are used as a test of peripheral adrenergic function. The authors measured the time course of increases in ejection fraction, heart rate, systolic and diastolic pressure, popliteal artery flow, and greater saphenous vein diameter before and after an i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Meck JV,Martin DS,D'Aunno DS,Waters WW

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrahydrobiopterin is the reduced unconjugated pterin that serves as an essential cofactor for the normal enzymatic function of the aromatic amino acid hydroxylases and for the nitric oxide synthases (NOS). Its role in the latter biochemistry is being increasing appreciated, as depletion or oxidation of BH4 results i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Moens AL,Kass DA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 12 patients receiving either chronic oral (p.o.) maintenance bretylium and/or acute intravenous (i.v.) bretylium to evaluate drug efficacy and pharmacokinetics. All patients were survivors of ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. A new assay for bretylium was applied, and it proved sensitive and reliable...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Anderson JL,Patterson E,Wagner JG,Johnson TA,Lucchesi BR,Pitt B

更新日期：1981-05-01 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：: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：:To assess the cardiac functional reserve of elderly hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) we studied cardiac function after isometric exercise and beta-adrenergic stimulation. Forty-five elderly hypertensive and 16 normotensive patients (NC group) were recruited for the study. The hypertensive ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Suzuki Y,Kuwajima I,Hoshino S,Kanemaru A,Shimozawa T,Matsushita S,Kuramoto K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted pharmacodynamic studies with a new vasodilator, MDL-899. Following initial dose-ranging studies we studied eight male normotensive volunteers, each of whom received, orally, 10 mg MDL-899 or placebo in double-blind random order. MDL-899 significantly lowered standing blood pressure, the maximal effect occ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Howden CW,Elliott HL,Lawrie CB,Reid JL

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics and dose proportionality of trandolapril, a new angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, were investigated in 12 healthy male volunteers in a four-way randomized crossover study over the therapeutic dose range, 0.5-4 mg. Trandolapril is rapidly absorbed, with a single elimination half-life (...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Lenfant B,Mouren M,Bryce T,De Lauture D,Strauch G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind randomised, parallel, placebo-controlled study was performed in patients with congestive heart failure, at 13 centres in 10 countries, to assess the efficacy and safety of lisinopril, a new angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor. After a 2-week run-in period, 130 patients receiving digoxin and/or diure...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Chalmers JP,West MJ,Cyran J,De La Torre D,Englert M,Kramar M,Lewis GR,Maranhao MF,Myburgh DP,Schuster P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to characterize angiotensin II (AII) receptors in cerebral capillary endothelium and to examine whether the first step in AII responsiveness, namely AII receptor binding, is aberrant in cerebral microvessels obtained from adult spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The binding of [3H]a...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Grammas P,Diglio C,Giacomelli F,Wiener J

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among other mediators, platelet-derived serotonin (5-HT) may contribute to thromboembolic complications of atherosclerosis. We determined whether long-term oral treatment with the 5-HT2 antagonist naftidrofuryl (NAF, 50 mg/kg daily for 12 weeks) alters platelet function in cholesterol-fed (1%) rabbits. Hypercholestero...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Weber AA,Hohlfeld T,Strobach H,Schrör K

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, the effects of the thrombolytic drugs are tested in vivo in dog or rabbit models that require a relatively large amount of the drug. The goal of the present study was to describe a new model that would allow one to test the in vivo thrombolytic effect of drugs with a limited amount of compound. For this pur...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Clozel JP,Holvoet P,Tschopp T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new converting enzyme inhibitor cilazapril, or RO 31-2848, was evaluated in 14 healthy male volunteers. In a pilot study in two subjects, the inhibiting capacity of single oral doses of 5 and 10 mg on the pressure and heart rate response to exogenous angiotensin I was assessed. Both doses reduced the blood pressur...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Fasanella d'Amore T,Bussien JP,Nussberger J,Waeber B,Turini GA,Brunner HR,Kler L,Francis RJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we compared the antithrombotic and anticoagulant properties of sodium and calcium derivatives of pentosan polysulfate (Na-PPS, Ca-PPS), unfractionated heparin (UFH), and low-molecular-weight heparin (Fraxiparin). The antithrombotic effects of these agents have been investigated in an experimental thrombo...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Giedrojć J,Klimiuk M,Radziwon P,Kłoczko J,Bielawiec M,Breddin HK

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and ATP are considered cotransmitters with norepinephrine (NE) in sympathetic neurons innervating some blood vessels, including those of the mesentery. A prominent action of NPY is to potentiate the postjunctional contractile effect of NE as well as that of other vasoactive agents. We wished to in...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Westfall TC,Yang CL,Curfman-Falvey M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension were randomized, after a baseline placebo period of 4 weeks, to receive the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor quinapril or a placebo. During a 12 week, double-blind phase, the dosage of quinapril was increased from 10 to 40 mg twice daily being...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Säynävälammi P,Pörsti I,Pörsti P,Nurmi AK,Seppälä E,Manninen V,Vapaatalo H

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing interest in initial therapy of hypertension with sympatholytic agents and the influence of antihypertensive therapy on cardiac and renal function. We treated 26 men with essential hypertension with either guanabenz alone (n = 14) or propranolol alone (n = 12) and assessed blood pressure and renal p...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Mosley C,O'Connor DT,Taylor A,Slutsky RA,Cervenka J

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:A diet rich in saturated fat and sugars (Western diet, WD) induces myocardial expression of the NLRP3 inflammasome and dysfunction in mice. We therefore hypothesized that a diet enriched with an orally available NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor could prevent WD-induced cardiac dysfunction in mice. METHODS:Ten-w...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Carbone S,Mauro AG,Prestamburgo A,Halquist MS,Narayan P,Potere N,Mezzaroma E,Van Tassell BW,Abbate A,Toldo S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antihypertensive medications are the most efficient drugs in achieving regression of myocardial hypertrophy in both clinical studies and animal models of hypertension. Nevertheless, there is a lack of clear and concise comparative study of their effects on the modulation of cardiomyocyte morphology and function. Here,...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Cagalinec M,Kyselovic J,Blaskova E,Bacharova L,Chorvat D Jr,Chorvatova A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes (DM) and insulin on cardiac performance were investigated during reperfusion after low-flow ischemia in rats. Hearts were isolated 4 weeks after intravenous injection of STZ (65 mg/kg) or vehicle and retrogradely perfused in the presence (throughout the perfusion pe...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Nawata T,Takahashi N,Ooie T,Kaneda K,Saikawa T,Sakata T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study attempted to characterize Ca2+ channels involved in endothelin-1-induced contraction of rabbit basilar artery using whole-cell patch-clamp and measurement of intracellular free Ca2+ concentration. Endothelin-1 activates two types of Ca2+-permeable nonselective cation channels (NSCC-1 and NSCC-2) and a store...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kawanabe Y,Hashimoto N,Masaki T

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serotonin-2 receptor antagonist ketanserin has been suggested to diminish arteriosclerotic development by its effect on platelet function and on vascular smooth muscle cells. We investigated the ability of ketanserin in reducing immune-mediated arteriosclerosis using the BN-WAG and WAG-BN rat aortic transplantatio...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Geerling RA,de Bruin RW,Scheringa M,Bonthuis F,IJzermans JN,Marquet RL

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was designed to assess the antihypertensive effect of combined angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition and angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1) antagonism in patients with essential hypertension. Twenty patients with uncontrolled ambulatory diastolic blood pressure (BP) after 6 weeks of ACE inhibitor ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Stergiou GS,Skeva II,Baibas NM,Roussias LG,Kalkana CB,Achimastos AD,Mountokalakis TD

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilevalol, the stereoisomer of labetalol, was given in repeated incremental intravenous bolus injections to 10 patients with severe hypertension requiring urgent blood pressure lowering. The mean cumulative dose of dilevalol was 445 +/- 165 mg. Blood pressure was reduced from 201 +/- 33/131 +/- 13 to 150 +/- 12/109 +/...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Bursztyn M,Gavras I,Blasucci DJ,Gavras H

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A discussion of important aspects of the effects of prostaglandins on arteries must include (a) the nature of the receptors for the different humoral agents, (b) the potential modulatory role that endogenously produced prostaglandins may play when other vasoactive hormones are present, and (c) the potential for cell-t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Aiken JW

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute ischemic left ventricular failure was induced in dogs by coronary embolization with plastic microspheres, resulting in reduced cardiac output (CO), increased left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), pulmonary capillary pressure (PCP), and total peripheral resistance (TPR). Intravenous (i.v.) administrati...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Metzenauer P,Dedecke R,Göbel H,Martorana PA,Stroman F,Szelenyi I

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical activity of metformin (N,N-dimethyl biguanide), a widely used antidiabetic agent, on arterial blood flow was evaluated in 15 patients with peripheral atherosclerosis. Flow was determined by quantitative strain-gauge plethysmography; plasma lipid, lipoprotein, and apoprotein levels were repeatedly tested d...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Sirtori CR,Franceschini G,Gianfranceschi G,Sirtori M,Montanari G,Bosisio E,Mantero E,Bondioli A

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00