Cardiovascular Research

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Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: i-v; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00405-X [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Doctor Leon Dumon prize 2004
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: vii-viii; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00416-4 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Instructions to Authors
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 725; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00404-8 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keyword Index Volumes 57+58
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 726-728; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00415-2 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Board
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: CO2; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00401-2 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcement

Spotlight Issue on Mechanisms of Reperfusion Injury
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: iii; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00418-8 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Spotlight Issue on Gap Junctions and Cell-Cell Communication in the Cardiovascular System
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: iv; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00419-X [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

Hanumanth K. Reddy, Sanjeev Wasson, Santhosh K.G. Koshy, and Ravi Komatireddy

Structural correlates of electrical remodeling in ventricular hypertrophy
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 495-497; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00369-9 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carmen Valenzuela

Pharmacological electrical remodelling in human atria induced by chronic β-blockade
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 498-500; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00370-5 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract Hauw T Sie, Willem P Beukema, Arif Elvan, and Anand R Ramdat Misier

New strategies in the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 501-509; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00350-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Article

Get checked abstract Maaike Peschar, Kevin Vernooy, Ward Y.R Vanagt, Robert S Reneman, Marc A Vos, and Frits W Prinzen

Absence of reverse electrical remodeling during regression of volume overload hypertrophy in canine ventricles
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 510-517; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00331-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Antony J Workman, Kathleen A Kane, Julie A Russell, John Norrie, and Andrew C Rankin

Chronic beta-adrenoceptor blockade and human atrial cell electrophysiology: evidence of pharmacological remodelling
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 518-525; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00263-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wen Dun, Takuya Yagi, Michael R Rosen, and Penelope A Boyden

Calcium and potassium currents in cells from adult and aged canine right atria
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 526-534; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00288-8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sumihiko Seki, Masato Nagashima, Yoichi Yamada, Masaaki Tsutsuura, Takeshi Kobayashi, Akiyoshi Namiki, and Noritsugu Tohse

Fetal and postnatal development of Ca²⁺ transients and Ca²⁺ sparks in rat cardiomyocytes
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 535-548; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00255-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter Smetana, Velislav Batchvarov, Katerina Hnatkova, A John Camm, and Marek Malik

Sex differences in the rate dependence of the T wave descending limb
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 549-554; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00319-5 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Antonio Cittadini, Maria Gaia Monti, Jörgen Isgaard, Cosma Casaburi, Hinrik Strömer, Angela Di Gianni, Raffaella Serpico, Lavinia Saldamarco, Massimo Vanasia, and Luigi Saccà

Aldosterone receptor blockade improves left ventricular remodeling and increases ventricular fibrillation threshold in experimental heart failure
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 555-564; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00251-7 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ryotaro Takahashi, Kenji Okumura, Hideo Matsui, Yoshihiro Saburi, Hiroki Kamiya, Kenichiro Matsubara, Toru Asai, Masafumi Ito, and Toyoaki Murohara

Impact of -tocopherol on cardiac hypertrophy due to energy metabolism disorder: the involvement of 1,2-diacylglycerol
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 565-574; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00291-8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ryan P Taylor, Joseph T Ciccolo, and Joseph W Starnes

Effect of exercise training on the ability of the rat heart to tolerate hydrogen peroxide
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 575-581; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00285-2 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Claire Arnaud, Marie Joyeux-Faure, Diane Godin-Ribuot, and Christophe Ribuot

COX-2: an in vivo evidence of its participation in heat stress-induced myocardial preconditioning
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 582-588; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00295-5 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jason Peart and John P Headrick

Adenosine-mediated early preconditioning in mouse: protective signaling and concentration dependent effects
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 589-601; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00259-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Oliver J Sichelschmidt, Claudia Hahnefeld, Thomas Hohlfeld, Friedrich W Herberg, and Karsten Schrör

Trapidil protects ischemic hearts from reperfusion injury by stimulating PKAII activity
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 602-610; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00261-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tadashi Sugie, Yutaka Kagaya, Morihiko Takeda, Hirokazu Yahagi, Chikako Takahashi, Jun Takahashi, Mototsugu Ninomiya, Jun Watanabe, Ryo Ichinohasama, Fumiaki Tezuka, and Kunio Shirato

Should increasing the dose or adding an AT₁ receptor blocker follow a relatively low dose of ACE inhibitor initiated in acute myocardial infarction?
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 611-620; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00318-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jean-François Jasmin, Angelino Calderone, Tack-Ki Leung, Louis Villeneuve, and Jocelyn Dupuis

Lung structural remodeling and pulmonary hypertension after myocardial infarction: complete reversal with irbesartan
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 621-631; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00290-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Craig A Lygate, Karen Hulbert, Mina Monfared, Mark A Cole, Kieran Clarke, and Stefan Neubauer

The PPAR-activator rosiglitazone does not alter remodeling but increases mortality in rats post-myocardial infarction
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 632-637; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00289-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hae-Young Sohn, Florian Krotz, Torsten Gloe, Matthias Keller, Karl Theisen, Volker Klauss, and Ulrich Pohl

Differential regulation of xanthine and NAD(P)H oxidase by hypoxia in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Role of nitric oxide and adenosine
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 638-646; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00262-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hiroshi Azumi, Ken-ichi Hirata, Tatsuro Ishida, Yoko Kojima, Yoshiyuki Rikitake, Shigeto Takeuchi, Nobutaka Inoue, Seinosuke Kawashima, Yoshitake Hayashi, Hiroshi Itoh, Thomas Quertermous, and Mitsuhiro Yokoyama

Immunohistochemical localization of endothelial cell-derived lipase in atherosclerotic human coronary arteries
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 647-654; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00287-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andreas Schäfer, Daniela Fraccarollo, Steven K Hildemann, Piet Tas, Georg Ertl, and Johann Bauersachs

Addition of the selective aldosterone receptor antagonist eplerenone to ACE inhibition in heart failure: effect on endothelial dysfunction
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 655-662; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00333-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Annamária Ónody, Csaba Csonka, Zoltán Giricz, and Péter Ferdinandy

Hyperlipidemia induced by a cholesterol-rich diet leads to enhanced peroxynitrite formation in rat hearts
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 663-670; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00330-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Annette Schmidt, Sven Geigenmueller, Wolfgang Voelker, Petra Seiler, and Eckhart Buddecke

Exogenous nitric oxide causes overexpression of TGF-β₁ and overproduction of extracellular matrix in human coronary smooth muscle cells
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 671-678; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00322-5 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Concepción M Aguilera, Sarah J George, Jason L Johnson, and Andrew C Newby

Relationship between type IV collagen degradation, metalloproteinase activity and smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation in cultured human saphenous vein
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 679-688; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00256-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mirjam B Smeets, Joost P.G Sluijter, Marjo M.P.C Donners, Evelyn Velema, Sylvia Heeneman, Gerard Pasterkamp, and Dominique P.V de Kleijn

Increased arterial expression of a glycosylated haptoglobin isoform after balloon dilation
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 689-695; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00294-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Siegel, C. Abletshauser, M. Malmsten, A. Schmidt, and K. Winkler

Reduction of arteriosclerotic nanoplaque formation and size by fluvastatin in a receptor-based biosensor model
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 696-705; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00249-9 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elena Sanz, Nuria Fernández, Luis Monge, Belén Climent, Godofredo Diéguez, and Angel Luis García-Villalón

Relaxation by urocortin of rat renal arteries: effects of diabetes in males and females
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 706-711; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00293-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Zakaria Ahmed, Amir Ravandi, Graham F Maguire, Arnis Kuksis, and Philip W Connelly

Formation of apolipoprotein AI–phosphatidylcholine core aldehyde Schiff base adducts promotes uptake by THP-1 macrophages
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 712-720; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00257-8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter to the Editor

Boris Nohé and Hans-Juergen Dieterich

A different view on human albumin
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 721-722; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00283-9 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reply to Letter to the Editor

Wei-jian Zhang and Balz Frei

A different view on human albumin—authors’ reply
Cardiovasc Res 2003 58: 723-724; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00284-0 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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