Vascular complications in hypertension: the VHAS study. Verapamil-Hypertension Atherosclerosis Study.

abstract：PURPOSE:Protein kinase C alpha (gene: PRKCA) is a key regulator of cardiac contractility. Two genetic variants have recently been discovered to regulate PRKCA expression in failing human heart tissue (rs9909004 [T → C] and rs9303504 [C → G]). The association of those variants with clinical outcomes in patients with hea...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Luzum JA,Ting C,Peterson EL,Gui H,Shugg T,Williams LK,Li L,Sadee W,Wang D,Lanfear DE

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate variability is a noninvasive indicator of autonomic nervous system activity. The role of the autonomic nervous system in the genesis of atrial or ventricular arrhythmias is now well established. Little is known about the effects of flecainide on heart rate variability in patients with normal heart structure...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Fauchier L,Babuty D,Autret ML,Poret P,Cosnay P,Fauchier JP

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We evaluated a generic quality of life (QoL) Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQ), in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). The FSQ assesses the 3 main dimensions of QoL: physical functioning, mental health and social role. It also includes 6 single item questions about: work status, frequency of social inte...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Gallanagh S,Castagno D,Wilson B,Erdmann E,Zannad F,Remme WJ,Lopez-Sendon JL,Lechat P,Follath F,Höglund C,Mareev V,Sadowski Z,Seabra-Gomes RJ,Dargie HJ,McMurray JJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor therapy has been associated with a substantial (> or = 20%) reduction in the risk of major ischemic events in two recent clinical trials with long-term follow-up: Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD) and the Survival and Ventricular Enlargement (SAVE) study. Par...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Young JB

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis tested was that enhanced entry of calcium into cardiac cells would increase the susceptibility to ventricular fibrillation as measured by the ventricular fibrillation threshold (VFT) of the isolated perfused rat heart. Bay-K-8644 was used as a calcium-channel agonist. There was a biphasic effect with a ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Worthington MG,Opie LH

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to study the pharmacodynamic interactions and safety of the co-administration of the calcium sensitizer levosimendan and the calcium antagonist felodipine in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and with normal ejection fraction (EF). METHODS:The study was a randomized, double blind, placeb...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Põder P,Eha J,Antila S,Heinpalu M,Planken U,Loogna I,Mesikepp A,Akkila J,Lehtonen L

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) has been shown to exert cardioprotective effects in animals and patients. This study tests the hypothesis that preservation of GLP-1 by the GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide or the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor linagliptin is associated with a reduction of angiote...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Zhang LH,Pang XF,Bai F,Wang NP,Shah AI,McKallip RJ,Li XW,Wang X,Zhao ZQ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the fact that beta blockers were introduced into clinical practice 25 years ago, new beta blockers with differing kinetic and dynamic profiles continue to be developed and marketed. This overview assesses some of the more extensively studied agents from the point of view of proof of utility and the validity of...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Fitzgerald JD

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During acute myocardial ischemia, passage of potassium ions across the sarcolemma to the extracellular space is a well-established phenomenon. A recent hypothesis is that the ATP-dependent potassium channel plays a role in contributing to the potassium loss. As the potassium loss starts while the overall level of ATP ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Opie LH

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to define the role of beta-adrenergic blockade and direct membrane effects in the ability of dl-propranolol to alter ventricular repolarization and refractoriness in the intact heart. The effective refractory period (ERP) and the local Q-T interval were measured at an epicardial site in t...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Euler DE,Scanlon PJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of the pharmacokinetic properties of the three prototypical calcium antagonist agents shows that they have in common a very high rate of hepatic first-pass metabolism with, in the case of verapamil and diltiazem, the formation of an active metabolite that affects the dose during chronic therapy. Therefore, th...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Opie LH

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracer techniques have provided new insight in cardiology by allowing noninvasive studies of myocardial perfusion, function, metabolism, and, more recently, ligand-receptor interaction. Positron emission tomography allows accurate quantification and the use of natural substrates labelled with 11C, 13N, or 15O. Myocard...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Rigo P,de Landsheere C,Melon P,Kulbertus H

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ranolazine (RAN) added to amiodarone (AMIO) has been shown to accelerate termination of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) following coronary artery bypass surgery in patients without heart failure (HF). This study aimed to investigate if treatment efficacy with AMIO or AMIO + RAN differs between patients...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Simopoulos V,Hevas A,Hatziefthimiou A,Dipla K,Skoularigis I,Tsilimingas N,Aidonidis I

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High health service expenditure on the one hand, and the politically declared objective of stability of statutory contributions and restriction of public funds on the other hand, have been central points of the political and social discussion for several years. The over-proportional increase in health servic...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Cathomas G,Erne P,Schwenkglenks M,Szucs TD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The PPAR-alpha agonists (fibrates) are commonly used in the treatment of dyslipidemia. It has been hypothesized that the cardio-protective effects of fibrates are partially due to immunomodulatory effects. However, there is a paucity of data regarding the effect of fibrates on neutrophilic chemokines such as ep...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Price ET,Welder GJ,Zineh I

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When severely ischemic myocardium is reperfused, prolonged myocardial dysfunction--a phenomenon named myocardial stunning--frequently occurs. Stunning also occurs in a variety of other situations. These include myocardium located adjacent to infarcted tissue, transient increase in myocardial O2 demands in the presence...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Braunwald E

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-blocker-induced benefit in heart failure is under intense evaluation. Several large-scale mortality trials are currently being performed, with CIBIS II evaluating bisoprolol. The economic impact of beta-blocker therapy in heart failure has not been previously determined. The present study is a cost-effectiveness ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Levy P,Lechat P,Leizorovicz A,Levy E

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:Glucose-insulin-therapy for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has had a long history, going back 37 years to the pioneering concepts of Sodi-Pallares. Although a recent meta-analysis of a number of smaller trials has suggested mortality benefit, it is only the South American trial, published in Circulation in 1998, th...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Apstein CS,Opie LH

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：:Diuretics, either as monotherapy or in combination with other drugs in the management of hypertension, have retarded the development of left ventricular hypertrophy and congestive heart failure in many patients. Diuretics also remain one of the most effective therapies in the treatment of congestive heart failure, whe...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Moser M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases are of fundamental importance in the cause of death and morbidity in the elderly as a group. If the successful management of blood pressure can effect a reduction in morbid events as well as death, as has been indicated by recent trials, the elderly have more to gain than any other group within...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Dall JL

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：: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：: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：PURPOSE:The glucose-lowering drug metformin has recently been shown to reduce myocardial oxygen consumption and increase myocardial efficiency in chronic heart failure (HF) patients without diabetes. However, it remains to be established whether these beneficial myocardial effects are associated with metformin-induced ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Larsen AH,Wiggers H,Dollerup OL,Jespersen NR,Hansson NH,Frøkiær J,Brøsen K,Nørrelund H,Bøtker HE,Møller N,Jessen N

更新日期：2020-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Ouabain, when applied to rings of the left circumflex coronary artery of the dog (which contains both alpha 1-adrenoceptors leading to contraction and beta 1-adrenoceptors leading to relaxation) caused an initial contraction which peaked within 15 minutes and a later secondary increase in tension which peaked within 6...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Cooke JP,Shepherd JT,Vanhoutte PM

更新日期：1988-07-01 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：:Twenty-nine patients with severe heart failure (NYHA III) were randomly assigned to receive therapy with an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor), either captopril or enalapril. The mean daily dosage of captopril was 56 +/- 5 mg and of enalapril 9.5 +/- 0.4 mg. After a mean of 8 +/- 1 days, the influ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Osterziel KJ,Dietz R,Harder K,Kübler W

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic renal failure (CRF) patients with a stable course were asked to participate in a follow-up program in which they were randomized into two groups: 1) the placebo group taking their standard antihypertensive therapy without any calcium ion blocker: and 2) the nisoldipine group, those patients taking the calcium ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Eliahou HE,Cohen D,Ben-David A,Herzog D,Serban I,Gavendo S,Kapuler S,Kogan N,Hellberg B

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00