Hypotonic-induced stretch counteracts the efficacy of the class III antiarrhythmic agent E-4031 in guinea pig myocytes.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible role of prostacyclin (PGI2) in the pathogenesis of hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). METHODS:Measurement of mRNA and protein levels of PGH synthase (PGHS)-1, PGI2 synthase and the PGI2 receptor, in the thoracic aorta was performed in SHR...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Numaguchi Y,Harada M,Osanai H,Hayashi K,Toki Y,Okumura K,Ito T,Hayakawa T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:P2X receptors (P2XRs) mediate sympathetic control and autoregulation of renal circulation triggering preglomerular vasoconstriction, which protects glomeruli from elevated pressures. Although previous studies established a casual link between glomerular susceptibility to hypertensive injury and decreased preglomer...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gordienko D,Povstyan O,Sukhanova K,Raphaël M,Harhun M,Dyskina Y,Lehen'kyi V,Jama A,Lu ZL,Skryma R,Prevarskaya N

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial blood pressures were measured simultaneously in the thoracic and abdominal aortas in the same conscious rats. Intravenous administration of sodium nitroprusside caused a greater fall in systolic blood pressure in the abdominal aorta than in the thoracic aorta, whereas intravenous administration of methoxamine...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Gardiner SM,Bennett T

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We recently demonstrated in our swine model of coronary artery spasm that enhanced myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylations (both MLC mono- and diphosphorylations) play a central role in the pathogenesis of the spasm. However, the molecular mechanism for and the phosphorylation sites for the enhanced MLC pho...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Shimokawa H,Seto M,Katsumata N,Amano M,Kozai T,Yamawaki T,Kuwata K,Kandabashi T,Egashira K,Ikegaki I,Asano T,Kaibuchi K,Takeshita A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of the ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel inhibitor sodium 5-hydroxydecanoate (5-HD) on the reduction in myocardial infarct size afforded by ischaemic preconditioning in the sodium pentobarbitone rabbit. METHODS:New Zealand white rabbits were anaesthetised with sodium pentobarbi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hide EJ,Thiemermann C

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to evaluate to what extent the ischemia-reperfusion injury resulting from the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and aortic cross-clamping procedures during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) contributes to the systemic inflammatory response generally found in these patients. METHODS:S...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Fransen EJ,Maessen JG,Hermens WT,Glatz JF,Buurman WA

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the possible mechanisms of the antiatherosclerotic effects of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, fosinopril, in apolipoprotein (apo) E deficient mice. METHODS:Apo E deficient (E0) mice at the age of 8 weeks received either placebo or a high dose (25 mg/kg/d) of fosinopril suppl...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hayek T,Attias J,Coleman R,Brodsky S,Smith J,Breslow JL,Keidar S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:β1-adrenergic receptor autoantibodies (β1-AAs) and β2-adrenergic receptor autoantibodies (β2-AAs) are present in patients with heart failure (HF); however, their interrelationship with cardiac structure and function remains unknown. This study explored the effects of the imbalance between β1-AAs and β2-AAs on card...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Cao N,Chen H,Bai Y,Yang X,Xu W,Hao W,Zhou Y,Chai J,Wu Y,Wang Z,Yin X,Wang L,Wang W,Liu H,Fu MLX

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The A10 cell line was derived from the thoracic aorta of embryonic rat and is a commonly used model of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). Despite its wide use this cell line has not been well characterized. This is especially important in light of recent evidence of phenotypically distinct cell populations...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Rao RS,Miano JM,Olson EN,Seidel CL

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that catecholamines may promote the development of cardiac hypertrophy in hypertension. To test the hypothesis that adrenaline directly determines left ventricular mass, normotensive Wistar rats were made adrenaline-deficient by adrenalectomy and hypertensive by administration of glucocorticoid. Bloo...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Burris JF,Waeber B,Brunner HR

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) and their receptors (VEGF-Rs) are among the most powerful factors regulating vascular growth. However, it has remained unknown whether stimulation of VEGF-R1, VEGF-R2 or both of the receptors produces the best angiogenic responses in myocardium. The aim of this study was...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Huusko J,Merentie M,Dijkstra MH,Ryhänen MM,Karvinen H,Rissanen TT,Vanwildemeersch M,Hedman M,Lipponen J,Heinonen SE,Eriksson U,Shibuya M,Ylä-Herttuala S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Coronary microvascular endothelial cells (CMVEs) can modulate the contractile performance of the adjacent myocardium by the release of agents such as nitric oxide (NO). Most previous studies using CMVEs have been done in situ, in the intact organ. We set out to study possible differences in NO synthase (NOS)...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Lang D,Bell JP,Bayraktutan U,Small GR,Shah AM,Lewis MJ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Preexposure of macrophages to oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) attenuates formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon stimulation with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) or acute exposure to oxLDL. We examined whether attenuation of the oxidative burst is attributed to down-regulation of protei...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Köhl R,Preiss S,von Knethen A,Brüne B

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contractile response to beta-adrenoceptor stimulation has been found to be reduced in single myocytes from failing human ventricle. A portion of that reduction was statistically related to the age of the patient. We have developed a method for obtaining viable contracting myocytes from small biopsies of human vent...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Davies CH,Ferrara N,Harding SE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the study was to determine the potential for K(V)1 potassium channel blockers as inhibitors of human neoinitimal hyperplasia. METHODS AND RESULTS:Blood vessels were obtained from patients or mice and studied in culture. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and immunocytochemistry were used to...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Cheong A,Li J,Sukumar P,Kumar B,Zeng F,Riches K,Munsch C,Wood IC,Porter KE,Beech DJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Free fatty acids induce apoptosis in cardiomyocytes, which is implicated in lipotoxic cardiomyopathy. However, the underlying mechanisms remain not fully understood. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding small RNAs that control gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. Dysregulated miRNAs have been shown to b...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Zhu H,Yang Y,Wang Y,Li J,Schiller PW,Peng T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effect of beta blockade on energy metabolism in ischaemic myocardium metoprolol tartrate in doses of 0.2 or 0.5 mg.kg-1 or saline was injected into 24 anaesthetised dogs 20 min after coronary ligation. Regional myocardial blood flow was measured by the hydrogen gas clearance method, and the heart rate ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Nanki M,Itoh K,Matsubara T,Nishimura K,Kambe T,Sugiyama S,Ozawa T,Sakamoto N

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the vagus nerves are stimulated with one burst of pulses per minute, but each burst is placed at a different time in the cardiac cycle, a "vagal effect curve" can be derived which displays the changes in cardiac cycle length (CCL) as a function of the elapsed time from the stimulus. This curve consists of a prima...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Wallick DW,Valencic F,Fratianne RB,Levy MN

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Hydrogen sulphide (H(2)S) is an endogenously generated gaseous transmitter that has recently been suggested to regulate cardiovascular functions. To date, there is no direct evidence for a potential role of H(2)S in regulating calcium channels in the heart. The present study aims to examine the hypothesis that H(2...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Sun YG,Cao YX,Wang WW,Ma SF,Yao T,Zhu YC

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We, and others, have previously reported a strong correlation between increased inter-ventricular dispersion of repolarization and the occurrence of fatal arrhythmia in animal models of CHF. The existence of this and other such distinct electrophysiologic phenotypes in right (RV) vs. left ventricles (LV) cou...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Chugh SS,Whitesel S,Turner M,Roberts CT Jr,Nagalla SR

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Despite the observation that ErbB2 regulates sensitivity of the heart to doxorubicin or ErbB2-targeted cancer therapies, mechanisms that regulate ErbB2 expression and activity have not been studied. Since isoproterenol up-regulates ErbB2 in kidney and salivary glands and β2AR and ErbB2 complex in brain and heart, ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Sysa-Shah P,Tocchetti CG,Gupta M,Rainer PP,Shen X,Kang BH,Belmonte F,Li J,Xu Y,Guo X,Bedja D,Gao WD,Paolocci N,Rath R,Sawyer DB,Naga Prasad SV,Gabrielson K

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mechanoelectric Feedback, a mechanical intervention inducing an electrical change, is gaining credence as a cause of cardiac arrhythmia in the clinical situation. However, the precise mechanism is unknown. To elucidate this we investigated mechanical and chemical modulation of stretch-induced premature ventri...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Dick DJ,Lab MJ

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to further characterise an experimental model of preconditioning of isolated rabbit cardiomyocytes and to determine the role of adenosine receptor subtypes in initiation of the protective response. METHODS:Isolated myocytes were subjected to 5 min preincubation in the presence or absence of gluco...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Armstrong S,Ganote CE

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Incidence of spontaneous cardiac arrhythmias and inducibility of ventricular arrhythmias in the cardiomyopathic hamster, BIO 14.6 strain, were examined. DESIGN:A 3 min electrocardiogram (ECG) was recorded weekly to 50 weeks of age. Programmed ventricular stimulation was then performed with single and d...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Hano O,Mitsuoka T,Matsumoto Y,Ahmed R,Hirata M,Hirata T,Mori M,Yano K,Hashiba K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial lactate content and simultaneous evolution of a lactate arteriovenous gradient associated with incomplete obstruction of the left coronary bed were studied in dog hearts. Samples of blood were taken from a peripheral artery and the coronary sinus; transmural samples of myocardial tissue were obtained from t...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Al Makdessi S,Andrieu JL,Chah QT,Tuduri AJ,Faucon G

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound has become a useful high resolution imaging modality for examining the cardiac microcirculation. With the use of microbubbles as an ultrasound contrast agent, ultrasound can be utilized to image the microcirculation and detect capillary flow abnormalities in acute ischaemia. A wide range of ultrasound frequ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Porter TR

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The function of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) at cell sites of high collagen turnover, such as heart valves, is uncertain. The aim of this study was to assess ACE and kininase-II-like activities and collagen turnover in cultured valvular interstitial cells of the adult rat heart. METHODS:The valvular i...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Katwa LC,Ratajska A,Cleutjens JP,Sun Y,Zhou G,Lee SJ,Weber KT

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that cardiac surgery to interrupt accessory pathways also interrupts autonomic nerves to the canine ventricle and to the atrioventricular node was tested in four groups of dogs. Group 1 (n = 6) underwent dissection of the atrioventricular fat tissue and cryolesion created by application of a cryoprobe a...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Inoue H,Mahomed Y,Kovacs RJ,Zipes DP

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to test the hypothesis that in normal humans angiotensin II would stimulate local release of noradrenaline under basal conditions or during a sympathetic stimulus provided by lower body negative pressure (LBNP). METHODS:Nine healthy volunteers received intra-arterial infusions of angiotensin II, ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Goldsmith SR,Rector TS,Bank AJ,Garr M,Kubo SH

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the genomic response following a preconditioning stimulus. Initial studies demonstrated that classical ischemic preconditioning mediated by cyclic episodes of short durations of reversible ischemia and reperfusion could result in the reprogramming of gene expression. Some of these genes are tran...

journal_title：Cardiovascular research

authors： Das DK,Maulik N

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00