Sympathetic nervous system in salt-sensitive and obese hypertension: amelioration of multiple abnormalities by a central sympatholytic agent.

abstract：:The modifying effect on exercise performance and neuroendocrine response of the nonselective beta blocker timolol (10 mg b.i.d. for 5 days) and the beta 1-selective beta blocker metoprolol (100 mg b.i.d. for 5 days) was studied. The hormones studied were growth hormone, prolactin, cortisol, renin, epinephrine, dopamin...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Gullestad L,Dolva LO,Kjeldsen SE,Eide I,Kjekshus J

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Atrial dilatation is commonly associated with atrial fibrillation (AF), but the electrophysiological mechanisms and the implications for anti-arrhythmic therapy are poorly understood. In a model of acute stretch-related AF in isolated rabbit hearts, we evaluated the electrophysiological effects of three di...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Kalifa J,Bernard M,Gout B,Bril A,Cozma D,Laurent P,Chalvidan T,Deharo JC,Djiane P,Cozzone P,Maixent JM

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial health is critically dependent on the ability of mitochondria to undergo changes in mitochondrial morphology, a process which is regulated by mitochondrial shaping proteins. Mitochondria undergo fission to generate fragmented discrete organelles, a process which is mediated by the mitochondrial fission p...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ong SB,Kalkhoran SB,Hernández-Reséndiz S,Samangouei P,Ong SG,Hausenloy DJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 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 present study was performed in order to compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of lisinopril, a long-acting angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, with captopril, the shorter acting ACE inhibitor available, in the treatment of elderly patients (mean age 70 +/- 0.5 years) with congestive heart failu...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Morisco C,Condorelli M,Crepaldi G,Rizzon P,Zardini P,Villa G,Argenziano L,Trimarco B

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of oral verapamil and normal diet on regression of atherosclerotic plaque in cholesterol fed rabbits. Forty-three rabbits were separated into 6 groups and studied for 24 weeks. All groups had a cholesterol diet for the first 12 weeks. Group I was then sacrificed a...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Sievers RE,Rashid T,Garrett J,Blumlein S,Parmley WW

更新日期：1987-01-01 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:Platelets are essential for primary hemostasis; however, platelet activation also plays an important proinflammatory role. Inflammation promotes the development of cardiac fibrosis and heart failure induced by hypertension. In this study, we aimed to determine whether inhibiting platelet activation using clopid...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Jia LX,Qi GM,Liu O,Li TT,Yang M,Cui W,Zhang WM,Qi YF,Du J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time course of myocardial ischemia was studied in canine myocardium by electron microscopy. Ischemia of the myocardium produces ultrastructural alterations of mitochondria, nuclei, contractile apparatus, and the SR- and T-tubular system that are accompanied by loss of glycogen and intracellular edema. These change...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Schaper J,Schaper W

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies in rabbits have demonstrated that platelet P2Y12 receptor antagonists are cardioprotective, and that the mechanism is surprisingly not related to blockade of platelet aggregation but rather to triggering of the same signal transduction pathway seen in pre- and postconditioning. We wanted to de...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Yang XM,Liu Y,Cui L,Yang X,Liu Y,Tandon N,Kambayashi J,Downey JM,Cohen MV

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Milrinone is shown in 10 patients to be a valuable pharmacological bridge to heart transplantation; it can stabilize and improve decompensated chronic heart failure (CHF) in cases where the response to beta-agonists is inadequate. One patient who had suffered an acute myocardial infarction with heart failure resistant...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Sherry KM,Locke TJ

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：: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：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：PURPOSE:Mechanical stretch is an arrhythmogenic factor found in situations of cardiac overload or dyssynchronic contraction. Ranolazine is an antianginal agent that inhibits the late Na (+) current and has been shown to exert a protective effect against arrhythmias. The present study aims to determine whether ranolazin...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Chorro FJ,del Canto I,Brines L,Such-Miquel L,Calvo C,Soler C,Parra G,Zarzoso M,Trapero I,Tormos Á,Alberola A,Such L

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：: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：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 VHAS (Verapamil-Hypertension Atherosclerosis Study) Investigators entered 1464 patients with essential hypertension and blood pressure (BP) values > or = 160 mmHg systolic and 95 mmHg diastolic (DBP) but excluded those with a DBP > or = 115 mmHg, and those with diabetes mellitus or previous myocardial infarction o...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Zanchetti A

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have demonstrated a gap between guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and their implementation in clinical practice. AIM:The PEGASE education program has been devised with an aim to improve the management of patients at high risk of CVD. METHODS:In a multicentre study c...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Bruckert E,Giral P,Paillard F,Ferrières J,Schlienger JL,Renucci JF,Abdennbi K,Durack I,Chadarevian R,PEGASE group.

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of altered extracellular K+ concentrations ([K+]o) and pacing cycle lengths (CLs) on the electrophysiological actions of dofetilide (UK-68,798), a potent class III antiarrhythmic agent, were examined in isolated guinea-pig ventricular papillary muscle. At a normal [K+]o (4 mM) and at CL between 300 and 500...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Yang T,Tande PM,Lathrop DA,Refsum H

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the acute and chronic effects of propionyl-L-carnitine (PLC) on mechanical function of isolated rabbit heart. Propionyl-L-carnitine was either directly delivered in the perfusate (10(-9) to 10(-3) M) or intraperitoneally injected (250 mg/kg) for 10 days to the animals. When added acutely, propionyl-L-carnit...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ferrari R,Pasini E,Condorelli E,Boraso A,Lisciani R,Marzo A,Visiou O

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Dofetilide is class III antiarrhythmic agent which prolongs cardiac action potential duration because of selective inhibition of I (Kr), the rapid component of the delayed rectifier K(+) current. Although clinical studies reported on proarrhythmic risk associated with dofetilide treatment, the contributing elec...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Osadchii OE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of low-dose rivaroxaban plus aspirin versus aspirin alone for patients with stable cardiovascular diseases in the Taiwan setting. METHODS:We constructed a Markov model to project the lifetime direct medical costs and quality-adjusted life-years of both the...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Lee MC,Liao CT,Toh HS,Chou CC,Chang WT,Chen ZC,Wu WS,Yu T,Strong C

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review we attempt to determine the role of calcium channel blockers in preventing cardiovascular sequelae in patients with both hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The data have been collected from three sources: post-hoc analyses of subgroups of diabetic patients in placebo-controlled hypertension trials (SHE...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Gasowski J,Birkenhäger WH,Staessen JA,de Leeuw PW

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. There was a typo in the second sentence of the paragraph under the section Was the Dose of Drugs Fair?; "320 mg twice a day" should read "160mg twice a day". The corrected paragraph is shown below. ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ahn R,Prasad V

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free radical injury may contribute to the delayed postoperative recovery of myocardial metabolism and ventricular function after elective coronary artery revascularization. This clinical study was designed to evaluate, in stable angina patients having aortocoronary bypass surgery, whether orally administered alpha-toc...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Mickle DA,Weisel RD,Burton GW,Ingold KU

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium channel blockers are a group of drugs used for the treatment of hypertension. Carbonic anhydrase (CA) I detected in vascular smooth muscle and in other cells in the organism has a major role in the acid-base balance and in vascular processes. Our previous work has proven that verapamil inhibits CA activity by ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Puscas L,Gilau L,Coltau M,Pasca R,Domuta G,Baican M,Hecht A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicorandil (N) and isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) are vasodilator drugs used in patients with angina. In 24 healthy male volunteers (18-32 years), the acute effect of a single oral dose (20 mg) of N and ISDN on arterial diameter (D), distensibility, and compliance of the elastic common carotid artery (CCA) and the muscul...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Kool MJ,Spek JJ,Struyker Boudier HA,Hoeks AP,Reneman RS,van Herwaarden RH,Van Bortel LM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major advances have been established in the handling of hypertensive vascular disease in recent years. However, drug compliance, drug costs, and the side effects of antihypertensive agents have prompted the question of whether intermittent therapy or even possible removal of medication represents an alternative to lif...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Schmieder RE,Rockstroh JK

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00