Augmented response of endothelin-A and endothelin-B receptor stimulation in coronary arteries of hypertensive hearts.

abstract：:The hemodynamic effects of endothelin (ET)-1 and TAK-044 (ET(A) and ET(B) receptor antagonist) were studied in a rat model of dilated cardiomyopathy after autoimmune myocarditis. Six weeks after immunization, survived Lewis rats (30/43 = 70%) were randomly allocated into five groups to be given 0, 0.3, 3, 30 and 60 mg...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Watanabe K,Ohta Y,Kouda T,Sekiguchi T,Sato S,Nakazawa M,Hasegawa G,Naito M,Fuse K,Ito M,Hirono S,Tanabe N,Hanawa H,Kato K,Kodama M,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of orally administered ibutilide, a class III antiarrhythmic agent, in a model of reentrant atrial flutter in conscious dogs. After baseline determination of atrial effective refractory period (AERP) and demonstration of reproducible induction of atrial flutter by rapid atrial pacing, 8 dogs rec...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Buchanan LV,Turcotte UM,Kabell GG,Gibson JK

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhanced renin-angiotensin activity causes hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy. The angiotensin (Ang)-converting enzyme (ACE)2/Ang(1-7)/Mas axis pathway functions against Ang II type 1 receptor (AT1R) signaling. We investigated whether olmesartan (Olm), an AT1R blocker, inhibits cardiac hypertrophy independently of b...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Tanno T,Tomita H,Narita I,Kinjo T,Nishizaki K,Ichikawa H,Kimura Y,Tanaka M,Osanai T,Okumura K

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isatin (1H-indole-2,3 dione) is an endogenous compound with biological activities. Many of its derivatives have pharmacological effects, including inhibition of cyclic guanosine monophosphate levels in cardiac tissue; sedative-hypnotic profiles; anticonvulsant, analgesic, antithermic, and anti-inflammatory activities;...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Gabriel D,Pontes LB,da Silva JS,Sudo RT,Corrêa MB,Pinto AC,Garden SJ,Zapata-Sudo G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of long-term treatment with differing dosages of captopril and hydrochlorothiazide in combination were evaluated in 22 hypertensive patients. There was no significant difference in antihypertensive efficacy between captopril 25 mg twice a day in combination with hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg once or twice dail...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Costa FV,Borghi C,Boschi S,Ambrosioni E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence has shown that the kidneys produce and secrete a member of the atrial natriuretic peptide family, named urodilatin. This 32-amino acid peptide does not circulate in blood, but is secreted into urine. Urodilatin excretion closely parallels renal sodium excretion under various conditions that influence b...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Gerzer R,Drummer C

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective randomized study, we assessed the electrophysiologic effects and the efficacy of ajmaline versus propafenone in patients with accessory pathways (APs). During initiated atrioventricular (AV) reentrant tachycardia or atrial fibrillation (AF), ajmaline (1 mg/kg as bolus followed by infusion of 15 microg...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Chen X,Borggrefe M,Martinez-Rubio A,Hief C,Haverkamp W,Hindricks G,Breithardt G

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the epidemiological relationship of dietary factors to blood pressure (BP) and major cardiovascular diseases, we carried out the International Cooperative Cardiovascular Diseases and Alimentary Comparison (CARDIAC) Study, which so far involves 45 centers in 20 countries. From each population, 100 men an...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Yamori Y,Nara Y,Mizushima S,Mano M,Sawamura M,Kihara M,Horie R

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested the presence of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) enzyme in human platelets. We herein provide definitive evidence for the presence of both endothelial constitutive NOS (ecNOS) and inducible NOS (iNOS) isoforms and their mRNA in human platelets. Total RNA was isolated from human platelets, an...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Chen LY,Mehta JL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long QT-related arrhythmia torsades de pointes (TdP) can arise with mutations in HERG and during treatment with drugs that block cardiac I Kr, the current encoded by HERG. Multiple test systems have been used to assess drug block of I Kr. This study evaluated the I Kr blocking potency of a series of antiarrhythmic...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Yang T,Snyders D,Roden DM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mode of action of Crataegus extracts in the treatment of heart failure is still under examination. WS 1442, a standardized special extract from Crataegus leaves with flowers, exerts direct positive inotropic effects. This study was designed to investigate the mode of inotropic action of WS 1442 in human myocardium...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Schwinger RH,Pietsch M,Frank K,Brixius K

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lacidipine is a clinically active, antihypertensive calcium antagonist of the 1,4 dihydropyridine (DHP) class. It is also capable of vascular protection when administered (prophylactically and therapeutically) at nonsustained antihypertensive doses to salt-sensitive Dahl-S rats: useful animal models for studying the v...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Crespi F,Vecchiato E,Lazzarini C,Andreoli M,Gaviraghi G

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of diltiazem on coronary vascular functional integrity were assessed in isolated rabbit hearts during reperfusion after 30 min of global, no-flow ischemia. External detection of radiolabeled albumin, [125I]bovine serum albumin ([125I]BSA), and compartmental-model analysis were used to estimate the mean transit...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Tilton RG,Williamson EK,Cole PA,Larson KB,Kilo C,Williamson JR

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monophasic action potentials (MAPs) were utilized to examine the basis for cesium-induced arrhythmia in the dog. Cesium chloride (1 mmol/kg i.v.) produced an immediate prolongation of MAP (250 +/- 11 to 396 +/- 34 ms, p less than 0.05). Coupled premature ventricular beats (345 +/- 46 ms) and polymorphic ventricular ta...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Patterson E,Szabo B,Scherlag BJ,Lazzara R

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exercise response to a single oral dose (25 mg) of a new beta-blocking agent that also has potent vasodilating properties, carvedilol, was assessed in 15 patients with stable exertional angina, positive exercise tests (greater than or equal to 1 mm ST depression) and coronary artery disease. A placebo-controlled, ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kaski JC,Rodriguez-Plaza L,Brown J,Maseri A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the adrenergic antihypertensive drugs propranolol, clonidine, alpha-methyldopa, urapidil, indoramin, and prazosin on the relative rate of sterol synthesis were studied in freshly isolated human mononuclear leukocytes. Incubation of cells for 6 h in a medium containing lipid-depleted serum led to a three...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Krone W,Müller-Wieland D,Greten H

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the antiischemic effects of nifedipine in isolated working rat hearts from age-matched normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), diabetic WKY, spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), and diabetic SHR. Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin. First, we constructed concentration-response curves for the negative i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Pijl AJ,Hendriks MG,Kam KL,Pfaffendorf M,van Zwieten PA

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared left ventricular (LV) hemodynamics, LV muscle mass (LVMM), and LV geometry of 13 spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) treated for 20 weeks with nifedipine (30 mg/kg/day) with those of 11 age-matched untreated SHRs. LVMM, LVMM related to end-diastolic volume (LVMM/EDV), LV pressure (PLV), systolic wall st...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Motz W,Ploeger M,Ringsgwandl G,Goeldel N,Garthoff B,Kazda S,Strauer BE

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied the involvement of IKr potassium current in ventricular fibrillation during perfusion. Electrophysiologic parameters were measured before and after dofetilide administration (2.5, 7.5, and 12.5 x 10-7 M, n = 8) in isolated perfused feline hearts. During pacing, these parameters included epicardial ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Amitzur G,Shenkar N,Leor J,Novikov I,Eldar M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the selective neutral endopeptidase (EC 3.4.24.11, NEP) inhibitor SQ 28,603 on endogenous plasma endothelin (ET) concentration and on the clearance from the circulation of exogenously administered synthetic human ET-1 were examined in Sprague-Dawley rats. Inhibition of NEP by SQ 28,603 (100 mumol/kg int...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Asaad MM,Dorso CR,Moreland SM

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is a novel growth hormone (GH)-releasing peptide, isolated from the stomach, which is identified as an endogenous ligand for GH secretagogues receptor. Although both ghrelin and its specific receptor are expressed in blood vessels, the cardiovascular effects of ghrelin remain unknown. To clarify whether ghreli...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Okumura H,Nagaya N,Enomoto M,Nakagawa E,Oya H,Kangawa K

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five-year morbidity and mortality in the Hypertension Detection and Follow-Up Program (HDFP) were stratified by age groups at entry to the study and by Stepped Care (SC) and Referred Care (RC) treatment groups. Although the incidence of stroke increased with age in both treatment groups, the greatest reduction in stro...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Maxwell MH,Ford CE

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiovascular response to 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino) tetralin (8-OH-DPAT), a selective putative 5-HT1A receptor agonist, has been investigated in the rat. Comparisons were made with clonidine, a centrally acting hypotensive agent with negligible affinity for 5-HT receptors. In conscious, spontaneously hyperte...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Fozard JR,Mir AK,Middlemiss DN

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a complex vascular disease initiated by abnormal accumulation of plasma lipoproteins in the subendothelial space. Elevated levels of plasma triglycerides (TG) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol as well as low concentrations of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) play a causal role in the devel...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Declercq V,Yeganeh B,Moshtaghi-Kashanian GR,Khademi H,Bahadori B,Moghadasian MH

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasopressin is the primary physiological factor regulating renal water reabsorption in mammals. Inhibitors of vasopressin-stimulated water reabsorption have previously been used as water diuretic agents in both experimental animals and man. The present studies describe and characterize the pharmacological effects of t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kinter LB,Dytko G,Ashton D,McDonald J,Huffman W,Stassen F

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the new vasodilatory and antianginal compound, bepridil (CERM-1978), was examined on the electrical activity of the vascular smooth muscle of isolated dog coronary arteries. Tetraethylammonium (10 mM) was used to induce excitability in the muscle in the form of Ca2+-dependent overshooting action potentia...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Harder DR,Sperelakis N

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the hemodynamic and inotropic effects of the new class III antiarrhythmic drug melperone. In eight pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs, the effects of intravenous melperone 0.5, 2.5, and 12.5 mg/kg-1 were tested. During atrial pacing we measured cardiac output (CO), mean aortic blood pressure (MAP), right ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Platou ES,Smiseth OA,Refsum H,Rouleau JL,Chuck LH

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) plays a protective role in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. However, the concomitant production of superoxide and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) during I/R may diminish the bioavailability of NO and hence compromise the beneficial effects. The objective of this study was to investig...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kutala VK,Khan M,Mandal R,Potaraju V,Colantuono G,Kumbala D,Kuppusamy P

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proliferation of medial smooth muscle cells (SMC) plays a major role in restenosis after coronary angioplasty and can be inhibited by heparin. Platelets stimulate SMC proliferation, and their aggregation after angioplasty can be reduced by the direct thrombin inhibitor hirudin. In a porcine coronary stent-angioplasty ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Buchwald AB,Hammerschmidt S,Stevens J,Göring J,Nebendahl K,Unterberg C

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrophysiologic stability of isolated perfused rabbit hearts was evaluated over a period of 5 h. Hearts perfused with protein-free buffer deteriorated over time, with significant shortening of the ventricular effective refractory period (ERP) and development of ventricular fibrillation. When serum albumin (6.01...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology

authors： Kates RE,Yee YG,Hill I

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00