abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of almokalant on sustained reentrant supraventricular tachycardias. Reentrant tachycardias were induced, using transesophageal atrial stimulation, in 82 patients with atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (n = 54) or AV nodal reentrant tachycardia (n = 28). ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Darpö B,Edvardsson N

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：:Unselective and beta 1-selective beta-blockers may induce vasoconstriction of normal and stenotic epicardial coronary arteries. To analyze the influence of the "vasodilatory" beta-blocker celiprolol on coronary vasomotility, 0.4 mg celiprolol/kg were intravenously infused over 4 minutes in 13 patients with coronary ar...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Jost S,Hausmann D,Lippolt P,Sturm M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to test whether the administration of a vascular-selective organic calcium antagonist (nisoldipine) at the onset of early mechanical reperfusion (by coronary angioplasty) in acute myocardial infarction could prevent or attenuate postischemic stunning and enhance the recovery of lef...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Sheiban I,Tonni S,Chizzoni A,Marini A,Trevi G

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:Heart rate varies with respiration, blood pressure, emotion, etc., and heart rate variability (HRV) is presently one of the best indices to predict fatal issues in cardiac failure and after myocardial infarction. HRV depends on various reflexes. In addition, parallel studies of HRV and the myocardial adrenergic and mu...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Swynghedauw B,Jasson S,Chevalier B,Clairambault J,Hardouin S,Heymes C,Mangin L,Mansier P,Médigue C,Moalic JM,Thibault N,Carré F

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article considers the dominant role of trials involving thousands of patients--the mega-trials--in cardiovascular disease. Problems with large trials mean that alternative strategies must be developed to aid the introduction of new drugs. The limitations of meta-analysis, and of trials with combined and surrogate...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Hampton JR

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As damage to the pulmonary vascular endothelium may be responsible for the lung toxicity of amiodarone, we evaluated the cytolytic toxicity of the drug in cultures of endothelial cells. Cells were cultured from human umbilical cord veins. Amiodarone caused a vacuolization of the cells with liberation of both lactate d...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Baudin B,Bénéteau-Burnat B,Giboudeau J

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium antagonist (CA) controversy has been fueled in part by disagreements among scientists and clinicians over the scientific documentation required for drugs used to treat lifelong conditions. From a public health perspective, there are three unanswered questions: (1) Does long-term use of CAs convey health be...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Furberg CD,Psaty BM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality of life in heart failure patients is receiving increased attention as a reflection of a treatment's potential secondary benefit of general well-being and daily functioning. The Metoprolol in Dilated Cardiomyopathy (MDC) trial was conducted as a large, multicenter trial to establish the effects of metoprolol on...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Wiklund I,Waagstein F,Swedberg K,Hjalmarsson A

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excess activity of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is linked to human obese hypertension and to salt-sensitive hypertension. Paradoxically, reduced SNS activity has been implicated as a contributor to obesity, particularly in animal models, and salt loading usually inhibits SNS activity. We have investigated the ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ernsberger P,Koletsky RJ,Collins LA,Bedol D

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cilazapril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, and mibefradil, a selective T-type voltage-operated calcium channel blocker, have been shown to prevent neointima formation after vascular injury. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the mechanism of action of both drugs. For this purpose, the influence...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Schmitt R,Clozel JP,Iberg N,Bühler FR

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiovascular effects and safety of transdermal nicotine patches were assessed in 50 healthy smokers using repeated 48 hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring as a part of a smoking cessation program. Following baseline measurements, subjects were randomized to active (n = 25) or placebo (n = 25) treatmen...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Khoury Z,Comans P,Keren A,Lerer T,Gavish A,Tzivoni D

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor cilazapril on the elastic properties of the aorta. A standard diuretic antihypertensive drug, hydrochlorothiazide, served for comparisons. Increased aortic stiffness leads to a reduction of the buffering windkesse...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Breithaupt-Grögler K,Leschinger M,Belz GG,Butzer R,Erb K,de May C,Sinn W

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of administration of guava and papaya fruit (100 g/day), vegetables, and mustard oil (5 g/day) (group A); antioxidant vitamins C (50 mg/day) and E (30 mg/day), plus betacarotene (10 mg/day) (group B); a high-fat (5-10 g/day) (group C); or a low-fat (4-5 g/day) diet (group D) were compared over 24 diet week...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Singh RB,Niaz AM,Ghosh S,Agarwal P,Ahmad S,Begum R,Onouchi Z,Kummerow FA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though the exact physiology and pathology of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] remains unknown, it has been demonstrated that increased serum Lp(a) levels are correlated with an increased risk of atherosclerotic vascular disease. The effects of lipid-lowering drugs on Lp(a) levels is unclear because of inconsistencies between st...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Dobs AS,Prasad M,Goldberg A,Guccione M,Hoover DR

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elgodipine is a new second-generation dihydropyridine calcium antagonist. Its hemodynamic and antiischemic properties were evaluated in a single-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 22 males with chronic stable angina. Coronary artery disease was angiographically confirmed. Measurements were performed with a Swan-Ganz t...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Kuhn A,Carlsson J,Miketic S,Tebbe U

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：:When choosing antihypertensive agents for the treatment of hypertension, it is necessary to consider the predisposition of individuals to renal damage, which may be associated with the long-term effect of such agents. In this respect, this study examined the effect of two commonly used antihypertensive drugs (Brinerdi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Obatomi DK,Mogbo SC,Anjorin FI,Jigam AA

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：:The present study was undertaken on 10 patients with angina undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. The angioplasty procedure consisted of two successive 30-second balloon inflations at 5 minute intervals. After the first inflation, nicorandil (0.1 mg/kg) was given intravenously over a 2-minute peri...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Saito S,Mizumura T,Takayama T,Honye J,Fukui T,Kamata T,Moriuchi M,Hibiya K,Tamura Y,Ozawa Y

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:Based on a retrospective analysis of the DAVIT II database, we attempted to propose subgroups of post-infarction patients with heart failure, who might benefit or not benefit from antiischemic medical intervention. In DAVIT II, patients were randomized in a double-blind fashion to either verapamil 360 mg/day or placeb...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Jespersen CM

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 17 patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension, 8 showed echocardiographic evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy. Cardiac and renal function evaluated by glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were studied in all patients before and after 20 weeks of quinapril treatment. Systolic pressure decreased from 174....

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： De Caprio L,De Rosa ML,Di Palma A,Lirato C,Caccese P,Sestito M,Lastoria S,Cicatiello AM,Rengo F

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the electrophysiologic effects of amlodipine and diltiazem in patients with coronary artery disease concomitantly treated with background beta-blocking therapy. Thirty patients were included in an open-label parallel study in two phases. During phase 1, patients were screened and placed on maintena...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Santarelli P,Biscione F,Natale A,Manzoli A,Lanza GA

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of calcium antagonists used clinically belong to three distinct chemical classes: the phenylalkylamines, the dihydropyridines, and the benzothiazepines. In recent years their mode of action has been unravelled, their limitations recognized, and their efficacy and use in the management of patients with a b...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ferrari R,Cucchini F,Bolognesi R,Bachetti T,Boraso A,Bernocchi P,Gaia G,Visioli O

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A succession of theories arising from last century has attempted to explain why patients with damaged hearts develop peripheral edema. Opposed to the original simple concepts of backward failure, a number of theories of forward failure have been proposed, the cardiac output being considered inadequate for capillary pe...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Harris P

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular dysfunction is in most cases the consequence of myocardial ischemia. It may occur transiently during an attack of angina and usually it is reversible. It may persist over hours or even days in patients after an episode of ischemia followed by reperfusion, leading to the so-called condition of stunning...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Ferrari R,La Canna G,Giubbini R,Milan E,Ceconi C,de Giuli F,Berra P,Alfieri O,Visioli O

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies in the seventies have put forward that dietary rather than genetic factors are responsible for the lower incidence of ischemic heart disease in Greenland Inuit and have generated a large body of both in vitro and in vivo experimental studies, exploring the putative favorable effects of fish (oi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Sassen LM,Lamers JM,Verdouw PD

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with mild to moderate hypertension (diastolic blood pressure > or = 95 and < or = 115 mmHg) and renal dysfunction entered one of two studies to assess the safety of efficacious daily doses of quinapril on renal function and blood pressure. Twenty-four patients with moderate renal impairment (MRI) (creatinine ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Miller MA,Texter M,Gmerek A,Robbins J,Shurzinske L,Canter D

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic cardiomyopathy as a distinct entity was first recognized by Rubler et al. in diabetics with congestive heart failure (CHF), who had no evidence of coronary atherosclerosis. The Framingham study showed a 2.4-fold increased incidence of CHF in diabetic men and a 5.1-fold increase in diabetic women over 18 years...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Fein FS,Sonnenblick EH

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There can be no doubt that ACE inhibitors prolong survival in patients with a low ejection fraction. There is no evidence whether or not diuretics have the same effect. The pathophysiology of asymptomatic patients with poor left ventricular function differs from that of patients with the clinical syndrome of heart fai...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Hampton JR

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:Despite the impressive relation between an increased blood cholesterol and increased mortality from coronary artery disease and despite the persuasive results of cholesterol-lowering trials in secondary prevention, there are increasing reservations about the wisdom of lowering moderately raised blood cholesterol level...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Opie LH

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：: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：:Resistance arteries depolarize and constrict to elevations in intravascular pressure. However, many of the molecular aspects of this phenomenon are not known. We present evidence that large conductance calcium-dependent potassium (KCa) channels, which are activated by intracellular calcium and membrane depolarization,...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Nelson MT,Brayden JE

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Japanese white rabbits were fed a restricted amount (100 g/head/day) of an atherogenic diet containing 0.2% cholesterol and 6% peanut oil during an 8-week experimental period. Atherosclerotic lesions, characterized by intimal thickening with lipid deposition, were produced by de-endothelialization of the rabbit a...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Saso Y,Ohtani A,Odawara A,Iwasaki H,Takashima K,Morita T

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used Folts' model of critical coronary artery stenosis with endothelial damage, which measures platelet-rich thrombus accumulation from cyclic flow reductions (CFRs). This paper reports results applied to trimetazidine, a member of the piperazine group. Trimetazidine at a dose of 1 mg/kg completely abolished CFRs c...

journal_title：Cardiovascular drugs and therapy

authors： Belcher PR,Drake-Holland AJ,Hynd JW,Noble MI

更新日期：1993-02-01 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