Cardiovascular Research

Editorial

Tobias Opthof and Michiel J Janse

Reducing the backlog and improving the impact
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 1; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00158-3 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Barbara A Barron

Opioid peptides and the heart
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 13-16; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00112-1 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carol Ann Remme and Arthur A.M Wilde

A new, sympathetic look at K_ATP channels in the heart
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 17-19; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00126-1 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antoni C.G. van Ginneken and Marieke W. Veldkamp

Implications of inhomogeneous distribution of I_KS and I_Kr channels in ventricle with respect to effects of class III agents and beta-agonists
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 20-22; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00127-3 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yigal M Pinto and Wiek H van Gilst

The ACE gene polymorphism: the good, the bad and the ugly
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 23-24; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00090-5 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular Conundra Series

Karl T Weber

A dilemma on Orchid Island
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 2-5; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00087-5 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Claude Delcayre and Jean-Sébastien Silvestre

Aldosterone and the heart: towards a physiological function?
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 7-12; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00088-7 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Richard J Bing, Tadahiko Yamamoto, Masako Yamamoto, Rani Kakar, and Anna Cohen

New look at myocardial infarction: toward a better aspirin
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 25-31; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00074-7 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Satoshi Takeo and Yoshihisa Nasa

Role of energy metabolism in the preconditioned heart – a possible contribution of mitochondria
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 32-43; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00079-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Judy R Kersten, Paul S Pagel, William M Chilian, and David C Warltier

Multifactorial basis for coronary collateralization: a complex adaptive response to ischemia
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 44-57; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00077-2 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Article

Get checked abstract Ioannis A Paraskevaidis, Dimitrios P Tsiapras, Stamatis Adamopoulos, and Dimitrios Th Kremastinos

Assessment of the functional status of heart failure in non ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: an echo-dobutamine study
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 58-66; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(98)00345-9 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter Bokník, Claus Unkel, Uwe Kirchhefer, Ulrich Kleideiter, Oliver Klein-Wiele, Jörg Knapp, Bettina Linck, Hartmut Lüss, Frank Ulrich Müller, Wilhelm Schmitz, Ute Vahlensieck, Norbert Zimmermann, Larry R. Jones, and Joachim Neumann

Regional expression of phospholamban in the human heart
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 67-76; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00053-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Natacha R. Bastien, Anne-Véronique Juneau, Julie Ouellette, and Chantal Lambert

Chronic AT₁ receptor blockade and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition in (CHF 146) cardiomyopathic hamsters: effects on cardiac hypertrophy and survival
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 77-85; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00015-2 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anastazia Jerzewski, Paul Steendijk, Peter M.T. Pattynama, Boudewijn P.J. Leeuwenburgh, Albert de Roos, and Jan Baan

Right ventricular systolic function and ventricular interaction during acute embolisation of the left anterior descending coronary artery in sheep
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 86-95; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00054-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John C. Chatham, Zhi-Ping Gao, Arend Bonen, and John R. Forder

Preferential inhibition of lactate oxidation relative to glucose oxidation in the rat heart following diabetes
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 96-106; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00056-5 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract William R Millington, David W Rosenthal, Can B Unal, and Cynthia Nyquist-Battie

Localization of pro-opiomelanocortin mRNA transcripts and peptide immunoreactivity in rat heart
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 107-116; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00076-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael Horn, Helga Remkes, Charlotte Dienesch, Kai Hu, Georg Ertl, and Stefan Neubauer

Chronic high-dose creatine feeding does not attenuate left ventricular remodeling in rat hearts post-myocardial infarction
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 117-124; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00075-9 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Katsunori Oe, Beáta Sperlágh, Ernô Sántha, Ida Matkó, Hideo Nagashima, Francis F Foldes, and E.Sylvester Vizi

Modulation of norepinephrine release by ATP-dependent K⁺-channel activators and inhibitors in guinea-pig and human isolated right atrium
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 125-134; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00052-8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jianhua Cheng, Kaichiro Kamiya, Weiran Liu, Yukiomi Tsuji, Junji Toyama, and Itsuo Kodama

Heterogeneous distribution of the two components of delayed rectifier K⁺ current: a potential mechanism of the proarrhythmic effects of methanesulfonanilideclass III agents
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 135-147; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00061-9 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Catharina A.M van Kesteren, Jasper J Saris, Dick H.W Dekkers, Jos M.J Lamers, Pramod R Saxena, Maarten A.D.H Schalekamp, and A.H.Jan Danser

Cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts do not synthesize renin or angiotensinogen: evidence for stretch-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy independent of angiotensin II
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 148-156; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00057-7 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shintaro Kinugawa, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Tomomi Ide, Ryo Nakamura, Ken-ichi Arimura, Kensuke Egashira, and Akira Takeshita

Positive inotropic effect of insulin-like growth factor-1 on normal and failing cardiac myocytes
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 157-164; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00058-9 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Steffen Lamparter, Yao Sun, and Karl T Weber

Angiotensin II receptor blockade during gestation attenuates collagen formation in the developing rat heart
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 165-172; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00111-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Mink, A. Becker, S. Sharma, H. Unruh, K. Duke, and W. Kepron

Role of autacoids in cardiovascular collapse in anaphylactic shock in anesthetized dogs
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 173-182; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00073-5 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alexandros D. Tselepis, John A. Goudevenos, Afroditi P. Tambaki, Lambros Michalis, Christos S. Stroumbis, Demokritos C. Tsoukatos, Moses Elisaf, and Dimitris A. Sideris

Platelet aggregatory response to platelet activating factor (PAF), ex vivo, and PAF-acetylhydrolase activity in patients with unstable angina: effect of c7E3 Fab (abciximab) therapy
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 183-191; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00078-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Francesco Perticone, Raffaele Maio, Carmela Cosco, Roberto Ceravolo, Saverio Iacopino, Massimo Chello, Pasquale Mastroroberto, Donatella Tramontano, and Pier L Mattioli

Hypertensive left ventricular remodeling and ACE-gene polymorphism
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 192-199; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00055-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Malin Malmsjö, Anders Bergdahl, Xiao-He Zhao, Xiang-Ying Sun, Thomas Hedner, Lars Edvinsson, and David Erlinge

Enhanced acetylcholine and P2Y-receptor stimulated vascular EDHF-dilatation in congestive heart failure
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 200-209; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00062-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Plinio Cirillo, Paolo Golino, Massimo Ragni, Carmine Battaglia, Francesco Pacifico, Silvestro Formisano, Chiara Buono, Mario Condorelli, and Massimo Chiariello

Activated platelets and leucocytes cooperatively stimulate smooth muscle cell proliferation and proto-oncogene expression via release of soluble growth factors
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 210-218; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00006-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Malin Malmsjö, Anders Bergdahl, Sebastian Möller, Xiao-He Zhao, Xiang-Ying Sun, Thomas Hedner, Lars Edvinsson, and David Erlinge

Congestive heart failure induces downregulation of P2X₁-receptors in resistance arteries
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 219-227; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00060-7 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alain Y. Saadjian, Franck Paganelli, Martine L. Reynaud Gaubert, Samuel Levy, and Régis P. Guieu

Adenosine plasma concentration in pulmonary hypertension
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 228-236; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00059-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jacob D. Peuler

Opposing adrenergic actions of intravenous metformin on arterial pressure in female spontaneously hypertensive rats
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 237-247; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00051-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter to the Editor

Emile G Bliznakov

Cardiovascular diseases, oxidative stress and antioxidants: the decisive role of coenzyme Q₁₀
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 248-249; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00128-5 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pawan K Singal, Neelam Khaper, Vince Palace, and Dinender Kumar

On the role of coenzyme Q₁₀ in cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 250-251; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00129-7 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jiri T Beranek

Does growth hormone reduce fibrosis?
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 252-253; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00068-1 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reply

Daniela Grimm and Eckhard P Kromer

Growth hormone and interstitial fibrosis
Cardiovasc Res 1999 43: 254; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00069-3 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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