abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) should be treated with statins to attain very low cholesterol levels, in order to reduce cardiovascular adverse events. More than 70% of these patients do not reach the appropriate cholesterol goal despite moderate statin doses. However, it is not known whether the...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Pesaro AE,Serrano CV Jr,Katz M,Marti L,Fernandes JL,Parra PR,Campos AH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Limited data exist comparing the efficacy and safety of bumetanide- or metolazone-based diuretic regimens to furosemide in acute heart failure (HF). Our purpose was to evaluate the comparative effect on urine output (UO) and renal function between these regimens. METHODS:A retrospective study of hospitali...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Ng TM,Konopka E,Hyderi AF,Hshieh S,Tsuji Y,Kim BJ,Han SY,Phan DH,Jeng AI,Lou M,Elkayam U

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiarrhythmic potential of postconditioning in in vivo models remains poorly defined. We compared the effects of pre- and postconditioning on ventricular arrhythmogenesis against controls with and without reperfusion. Wistar rats (n = 40, 269 ± 3 g) subjected to ischemia (30 minutes)--reperfusion (24 hours) were ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Kolettis TM,Vilaeti AD,Tsalikakis DG,Zoga A,Valenti M,Tzallas AT,Papalois A,Iliodromitis EK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)VitD) have been recognized as an emerging cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor. Statins are reported to increase 25(OH)VitD concentration. Animal studies suggest that ezetimibe is a moderate inhibitor of intestinal 25(OH)VitD absorption, but its effect in humans i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Liberopoulos EN,Makariou SE,Moutzouri E,Kostapanos MS,Challa A,Elisaf M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dronedarone is a new antiarrhythmic drug for patients with nonpermanent atrial fibrillation (AF). A relatively consistent finding in all trials studying dronedarone was a moderate but significant elevation of serum creatinine. Since dronedarone competes for the same organic cation transporter in the distal renal tubul...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Duncker D,Oswald H,Gardiwal A,Lüsebrink U,König T,Schreyer H,Klein G

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute lung injury is a common complication after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Oxidative damage greatly impacts CPB-induced lung ischemic pathogenesis and may represent a target for treatment. We aimed to investigate whether curcumin upregulates heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) expression and ameliorates lung injury i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Liu K,Chen HL,Huang H,Jing H,Dong GH,Wu HW,You QS

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lidocaine-sensitive, repetitive atrial tachycardia is an uncommon arrhythmia. The electrophysiologic substrate is still unknown, and the pharmacologic responses have not been fully explored. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of intravenous adenosine and verapamil in patients with lidocaine-sensitive...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Chiale PA,Faivelis L,Garro HA,Fernández PA,Herrera Paz JJ,Elizari MV

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of a pharmacist care program on cardiovascular risks in type 2 diabetic patients. METHODS:A 9-month, prospective, randomized, controlled study was conducted in a public hospital in Hong Kong. Patients in the intervention group had regular drug-counseling sessions with pharmacists in...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Chan CW,Siu SC,Wong CK,Lee VW

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened a Workshop on September 20-21, 2010, "New Horizons in Cardioprotection," to identify future research directions for cardioprotection against ischemia and reperfusion injury. Since the early 1970s, there has been evidence that the size of a myocardial infarction co...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Kloner RA,Schwartz Longacre L

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischemic injury and cardioprotection are characterized by a cascade of molecular changes, which includes gene expression, protein expression, protein localization, interactions, and posttranslational modifications (PTMs). A systems biology approach allows the study of these genes and proteins on a large sca...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Lotz C,Liem D,Ping P

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress has been postulated to contribute to the onset and development of heart failure (HF). The efficacy of antioxidant therapy in HF, however, remains controversial. This study evaluates the effect of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC, 1 g/kg per day) on cardiovascular function in 2- and 6-month-old Bi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Crespo MJ,Cruz N,Altieri PI,Escobales N

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a gradual increase in heart rate (HR) during dobutamine stress testing (DST) is desired, few data exists regarding whether this is similarly achieved in patients of widely varying body mass index (BMI). Whether difference in BMI contributes to variation in the hemodynamic and symptomatic response to...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Kittipovanonth M,Bernheim AM,Scott CG,Barnes ME,Shub C,Pellikka PA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Myocardial hypertrophy is a common clinical finding leading to heart failure and sudden death. Mitofusin 2 (Mfn2), a hyperplasia suppressor protein, is downregulated in hypertrophic heart. This study examined the role of Mfn2 in myocardial hypertrophy and its potential signal pathway. METHODS...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Yu H,Guo Y,Mi L,Wang X,Li L,Gao W

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:It is known that selective cyclooxygenase 2(COX-2) inhibitors increase mortality in patients with previous myocardial infarction, and it has been suggested that COX-2 plays an important role in cardioprotection against ischemia. The current study was carried out to determine whether COX-2 is involved in the mec...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Tosaka S,Tosaka R,Matsumoto S,Maekawa T,Cho S,Sumikawa K

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homing of cardiac myosin-specific CD4-positive T cells into the myocardium is the initial pathologic event of experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM). Subsequently, various bystander inflammatory cells are recruited into the myocardium crossing vascular endothelial cell walls. Sulfated polysaccharide fucoidan binds ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Tanaka K,Ito M,Kodama M,Tomita M,Kimura S,Hoyano M,Mitsuma W,Hirono S,Hanawa H,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:epidemiologic studies indicate that elevated heart rate (HR) is an independent risk factor for mortality and morbidity in patients (pts) with chronic heart failure (CHF). Clinical trials with β-blockers suggest that HR reduction is an important mechanism of their benefit in pts with stable CHF. Pharmacologic...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Sarullo FM,Fazio G,Puccio D,Fasullo S,Paterna S,Novo S,Di Pasquale P

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imipramine, an antidepressant drug, can cause potentially lethal cardiotoxic side effects including hypotension, ventricular tachycardia, and decreased cardiac output. This study investigated the mechanism responsible for imipramine-induced cardiac depression in rats. The left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP), ve...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Lee MY,Kim SJ,Kim JS,Kang HS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congestive heart failure is a chronic and debilitating disease responsible for high cardiac morbidity and mortality in the world and is associated with more than 290 000 deaths in the United States each year. Recent advances in heart failure therapy target many of the mechanical and structural aspects of heart failure...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Thompson KA,Philip KJ,Barbagelata A,Schwarz ER

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated whether carotenoid astaxanthin (ASX) could prevent oxidative and atherosclerotic damage in rabbits. Rabbits received regular chow (control) or an atherogenic diet (1% cholesterol) alone or supplemented with 50, 100, and 500 mg% ASX for 60 days (n = 5-9 per group). The atherogenic diet increased the serum ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Augusti PR,Conterato GM,Somacal S,Sobieski R,Quatrin A,Maurer L,Rocha MP,Denardin IT,Emanuelli T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelets are key mediators in the pathophysiology of atherothrombotic disease. Inappropriate platelet activation can lead to thrombosis and ischemic events. Platelet function testing has been used to monitor patient response to antiplatelet therapy. Variability in response to antiplatelet therapy may be due in part t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Collet JP,Montalescot G

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levosimendan increases the sensitivity of the cardiac fibrils to calcium, favorably affects hemodynamics in patients with heart failure. It is a positive inotrope and a peripheral vasodilator. The elimination half-life of the compound is about 1 hour. The drug decreases pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, increases ca...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Kota B,Prasad AS,Economides C,Singh BN

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of nitric oxide (NO) and noradrenergic activation in the posterior hypothalamus on arterial pressure tolerance induced by subcutaneous injection of nitroglycerin (NTG) was investigated in anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats. Intravenous injections of NTG (3, 10, and 30 microg/kg) and sodium nitroprusside (1, ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Guettler DL,Ma SX

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle tone plays a fundamental role in regulating blood pressure, blood flow, microcirculation, and other cardiovascular functions. The cellular and molecular mechanisms by which vascular smooth muscle contractility is regulated are not completely elucidated. Recent studies show that the actin cytoske...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Tang DD,Anfinogenova Y

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dosing equivalency of carvedilol and metoprolol remains a debate. Degree of beta 1-blockade is best assessed by blunting of the exercise-induced heart rate. Accordingly, the authors have investigated dosing equivalency by examining baseline and peak exercise heart rates and norepinephrine levels in subjects with chron...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Vittorio TJ,Zolty R,Kasper ME,Khandwalla RM,Hirsh DS,Tseng CH,Jorde UP,Ahuja K

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior studies have suggested that intravenous diltiazem reduces the probability of spontaneous conversion of atrial fibrillation (AF) to sinus rhythm in the electrophysiology laboratory and in patients with postoperative AF. Whether diltiazem exerts the same effect in patients presenting to the emergency department (E...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Hassan S,Slim AM,Kamalakannan D,Khoury R,Kakish E,Maria V,Ahmed S,Pires LA,Kronick SL,Oral H,Morady F

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite initial promising reports that anti-inflammatory properties of cycloxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors may confer anti-atherosclerosis effects and stabilize the atherosclerotic plaque, subsequent data from long-term clinical trials have shown that selective COX-2 inhibitors are associated with increased risk of car...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Salinas G,Rangasetty UC,Uretsky BF,Birnbaum Y

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gap junction modifier Rotigaptide (ZP123), which promotes cellular coupling, was hypothesized to decrease defibrillation thresholds during prolonged ventricular fibrillation (VF). Thirty-two New Zealand white rabbits were randomized to receive saline (control, n = 16) or Rotigaptide (n = 16). Following 4 min of un...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Zhong JQ,Laurent G,So PP,Hu X,Hennan JK,Dorian P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiplatelet therapy is indicated for the treatment of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). Aspirin reduces subsequent occlusive vascular events, including recurrent stroke, by about 25%. In such patients, clopidogrel has been evaluated in an effort to further reduce risk. In the Management of Atherothr...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Gorelick P,Sechenova O,Hennekens CH

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y is released together with norepinephrine from sympathetic nerve terminals during conditions of increased sympathetic activity. Neuropeptide Y is known to inhibit vagal activity, and accordingly, it might increase the risk for ventricular fibrillation during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion, with concomit...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Ilebekk A,Eriksen M,Sevre K,Aspelin T,Björkman JA,Lyberg T,Nordlander M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphodiesterase inhibitors as inodilators in heart failure are associated with promotion of arrhythmias. Calcium sensitizers have been proposed for the treatment of severe decompensated heart failure. The effect of levosimendan, a calcium sensitizer, and milrinone, a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, on ventricular arrhy...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Papp JG,Pollesello P,Varró AF,Végh AS

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brief periods of reocclusion (postconditioning) during early reperfusion reduce myocardial infarct size. Whether postconditioning has an effect on lethal ventricular arrhythmias independent of infarction in an in-vivo regional ischemia model is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine if postcondi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Kloner RA,Dow J,Bhandari A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overexpression of the L-type voltage-dependent calcium channel alpha(1C)-subunit (L-VDCC OE) in transgenic mice results in adaptive hypertrophy followed by a maladaptive phase associated with a decrease in sarcoplasmic reticulum adenosine triphosphatase (SERCA)2a expression at 8 to 10 months of age. Overexpr...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Rubio M,Bodi I,Fuller-Bicer GA,Hahn HS,Periasamy M,Schwartz A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old girl with occasional symptoms of chest discomfort was diagnosed with ventricular tachycardia on cardiac evaluation. No evidence of organic heart disease was apparent, but a laboratory evaluation revealed hypomagnesemia. Ventricular tachycardia disappeared after treatment with 200 mg/day of oral magnesium...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Tsuji A,Araki K,Maeyama K,Hashimoto K

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors (coxibs), a class of drugs intended to be painkillers, have created unprecedented controversy because of their cardiovascular risk profile. The controversy has affected the patients, health-care providers, the Food and Drug Administration, and the manufacturers of these ag...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Schrör K,Mehta P,Mehta JL

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-Adrenergic blockers have a wide spectrum of action for controlling cardiac arrhythmias that is larger than initially thought. Data from the past several decades indicate that, as an antiarrhythmic class, beta-blockers remain among the very few pharmacologic agents that reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Singh BN

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial infarction causes the acidification of the cellular environment and the resultant acidosis maybe arrhythmogenic. The effect of acidosis on the action of antiarrhythmic drugs, an important issue in the antiarrhythmic drug therapy after myocardial infarction, remains to be studied. METHODS:To evalu...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Lin C,Ke X,Cvetanovic I,Ranade V,Somberg J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary effect of ischemia is reduced aerobic adenosine triphosphate (ATP) formation in mitochondria. This triggers accelerated glycolysis and reduced cell pH, Ca(2+) accumulation, K(+) efflux, adenosine formation, and the clinical signs of ischemia: chest pain and a shift in the ST segment. Traditional therapies ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Stanley WC

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of therapy with the potassium-channel opener and vasodilator nicorandil were studied in reperfused infarction of hypertrophied hearts by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), hemodynamic measurements, and histochemical staining. Aortic banding was performed on 22 Sprague-Dawley rats to induce left ventricula...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Schalla S,Higgins CB,Chujo M,Saeed M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two patients who were diagnosed with symptomatic sinus node dysfunction in the setting of hypercalcemia secondary to hyperparathyroidism. An extensive review of the literature has not revealed previous reports of this pathologic process. ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Shah AP,Lopez A,Wachsner RY,Meymandi SK,El-Bialy AK,Ichiuji AM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of numerous long-term, randomized trials show that statins significantly decrease the risks of myocardial infarction, stroke, and vascular death as well as total mortality. The benefits of statins on cardiovascular disease in patients who are not experiencing acute coronary syndromes generally become appar...

journal_title：Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics

authors： Novela C,Hennekens CH

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00