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Contents: Volume 27, Number 12, December 1993   [Index by Author]  [Front Cover PDF] [Back Cover PDF]
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Editorial Back

Music and the myocardium
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2087-2088; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2087 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Article Back

Thomas F Lüscher
Do we need endothelin antagonists?
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2089-2093; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2089 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Viewpoint Back

Alberto J Kaumann, Andrew A Parsons, and Anthony M Brown
Human arterial constrictor serotonin receptors
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2094-2103; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2094 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular controversies Back

Christoph Thiemermann
Drugs which modulate nitric oxide homeostasis are likely to provide therapeutic benefit in cardiovascular disease
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2104; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2104 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David C Lefroy
Drugs which alter nitric oxide homeostasis are unlikely to provide therapeutic benefit in cardiovascular disease
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2105; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2105 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Featured research Back

Terrence W Miller and John McD Tormey
Calcium displacement by lanthanum in subcellular compartments of rat ventricular myocytes: characterisation by electron probe microanalysis
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2106-2112; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2106 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles Back

Hans Erik Bøtker, Hans Henrik Kimose, Per Helligsø, Anne Rahbek Thomassen, and Torsten Toftegaard Nielsen
Comparison of non-collagen protein and total creatine as reference for determination of energy stores in endomyocardial biopsies
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2113-2117; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2113 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hendrik Buikema, Wiek H van Gilst, Dirk J van Veldhuisen, Bart J G L de Smet, Egbert Scholtens, Kong I Lie, and Harry Wesseling
Endothelium dependent relaxation in two different models of chronic heart failure and the effect of ibopamine
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2118-2124; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2118 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laxmansa C Katwa, Eduardo Guarda, and Karl T Weber
Endothelin receptors in cultured adult rat cardiac fibroblasts
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2125-2129; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2125 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eduardo Guarda, Laxmansa C Katwa, Paul R Myers, Suresh C Tyagi, and Karl T Weber
Effects of endothelins on collagen turnover in cardiac fibroblasts
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2130-2134; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2130 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Art Ationu, Keld Sorensen, Bruce Whitehead, Donald Singer, Michael Burch, and Nicholas D Carter
Ventricular expression of brain natriuretic peptide gene following orthotopic cardiac transplantation in children – a three year follow up
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2135-2139; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2135 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sharon L Hale, Stephen D Bellows, Haim Hammerman, and Robert A Kloner
An adenosine A1 receptor agonist, R(-)-N-(2-phenylisopropyl)-adenosine (PIA), but not adenosine itself, acts as a therapeutic preconditioning-mimetic agent in rabbits
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2140-2145; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2140 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Irlbeck and Heinz-Gerd Zimmer
Acute effects of catecholamines on function of the rat right heart
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2146-2151; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2146 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael D Lappi and George E Billman
Effect of ryanodine on ventricular fibrillation induced by myocardial ischaemia
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2152-2159; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2152 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Theis Tønnessen, Pål A Naess, Knut A Kirkebøen, Arnfinn Ilebekk, and Geir Christensen
Alterations in plasma endothelin during passage through the left heart chambers before and after brief myocardial ischaemia
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2160-2163; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2160 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hirofumi Tagawa, Hitonobu Tomoike, Wataru Mitsuoka, Shinji Satoh, Takeshi Kuga, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Motoomi Nakamura, and Akira Takeshita
Hyperreactivity of aortic smooth muscle to serotonin is related to the presence of atheroma in Watanabe heritable hyperlipidaemic rabbits
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2164-2169; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2164 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ulf Näslund, Sören Häggmark, Göran Johansson, and Sebastian Reiz
Quantification of myocardium at risk and detection of reperfusion by dynamic vectorcardiographic ST segment monitoring in a pig occlusion-reperfusion model
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2170-2178; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2170 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charlotte Reupcke, Alexander Paraschos, Norman Honbo, and Joel S Karliner
A phorbol ester augments cAMP content and adenylyl cyclase activity in neonatal rat cardiac myocytes despite reduced β adrenoceptor density
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2179-2185; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2179 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leif Carlsson, Christina Abrahamsson, Birgit Andersson, Gøran Duker, and Gunilla Schiller-Linhardt
Proarrhythmic effects of the class III agent almokalant: importance of infusion rate, QT dispersion, and early afterdepolarisations
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2186-2193; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2186 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masao Senoh, Noboru Aosaki, Fumitaka Ohsuzu, Haruo Nakamura, Kenryou Minezaki, Chizuko Tuji, and Hiroe Nakazawa
Early release of neutrophil chemotactic factor from isolated rat heart subjected to regional ischaemia followed by reperfusion
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2194-2199; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2194 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ranjit S More, Malcolm J Underwood, Michael J Brack, Serena Pringle, David P de Bono, and Anthony H Gershlick
A targeted antithrombotic conjugate with antiplatelet and fibrinolytic properties which reduces in vivo thrombus formation
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2200-2204; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2200 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gordon C S Smith and John C McGrath
Characterisation of the effect of oxygen tension on response of fetal rabbit ductus arteriosus to vasodilators
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2205-2211; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2205 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger J Hajjar, Ronglih Liao, James B Young, Farid Fuleihan, Mark G Glass, and Judith K Gwathmey
Pathophysiological and biochemical characterisation of an avian model of dilated cardiomyopathy: comparison to findings in human dilated cardiomyopathy
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2212-2221; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2212 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeanie B McMillin, George E Taffet, Heinrich Taegtmeyer, Edgar K Hudson, and Charlotte A Tate
Mitochondrial metabolism and substrate competition in the aging Fischer rat heart
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2222-2228; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2222 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olga I Shamraj, Ingrid L Grupp, Gunther Grupp, David Melvin, Nathalie Gradoux, Walter Kremers, Jerry B Lingrel, and Alain De Pover
Characterisation of Na/K-ATPase, its isoforms, and the inotropic response to ouabain in isolated failing human hearts
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2229-2237; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2229 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David J Grainger, Christine M Witchell, James V Watson, James C Metcalfe, and Peter L Weissberg
Heparin decreases the rate of proliferation of rat vascular smooth muscle cells by releasing transforming growth factor β-like activity from serum
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2238-2247; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2238 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jon Offstad, Knut A Kirkebøen, Knut Lande, and Arnfinn Ilebekk
Cardiac adaptation to one hour of mild regional low flow ischaemia in the pig
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2248-2253; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2248 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rafael Beyar, Riva Ben-Ari, Carol A Gibbons-Kroeker, John V Tyberg, and Samuel Sideman
Effect of interconnecting collagen fibres on left ventricular function and intramyocardial compression
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2254-2263; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2254 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Balkrushna C Panchal and Nick C Trippodo
Systemic and regional haemodynamics in conscious BIO T0-2 cardiomyopathic hamsters
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2264-2269; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2264 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M J Underwood, R S More, A H Gershlick, and D P de Bono
Effect of locally applied tissue-type plasminogen activator on venous fibrinolytic activity: in vitro and in vivo investigations
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2270-2273; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2270 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clive S Lawson, Metin Avkiran, Michael J Shattock, D John Coltart, and David J Hearse
Preconditioning and reperfusion arrhythmias in the isolated rat heart: true protection or temporal shift in vulnerability?
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2274-2281; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2274 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Invited letters to the Editor Back

P K MOORE
Commentaries on this month's Controversy articles
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2282-2283; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2282a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DAVID J LEFER and ALLAN M LEFER
Commentaries on this month's Controversy articles
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2282; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2282b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M J LEWIS
Commentaries on this month's Controversy articles
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2283-2284; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2283 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

STUART M COBBE
Commentaries on last month's Controversy articles on reperfusion arrhythmias
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2284; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2284 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SIAN REES
Commentary on the paper of Carlsson et al in this issue
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2285-2286; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2285a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K A A FOX
Commentaries on last month's Controversy articles on reperfusion arrhythmias
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2285; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2285b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter to the Editor Back

RAFFAELLO FURLAN, MASSIMO PAGANI, and ALBERTO MALLIANI
Effects of exercise and training on control of heart rate
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2286-2287; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2286 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews Back

ZAID A ABASSl
Atrial Natriuretic Factor
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2287-2288; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2287 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NORMAN A SILVERMAN
Cardiac Surgery and the Brain.
Cardiovasc Res 1993 27: 2288; doi:10.1093/cvr/27.12.2288 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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