Cardiovascular Research

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Spotlight Issue on Signaling Networks in Cardiac Hypertrophy
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: iii; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00595-9 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

Christian Grohé

The cardiac cocaine connection
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 805-806; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00532-7 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reza Tabrizchi

Amlodipine and endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 807-809; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00525-X [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James C Russell

Of mice and men, rats and atherosclerosis
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 810-811; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00530-3 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract Charles B Jones, David C Sane, and David M Herrington

Matrix metalloproteinases: A review of their structure and role in acute coronary syndrome
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 812-823; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00516-9 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rainer H Böger

The emerging role of asymmetric dimethylarginine as a novel cardiovascular risk factor
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 824-833; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00500-5 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Article

Get checked abstract Fabienne Moritz, Christelle Monteil, Marc Isabelle, Fabrice Bauer, Sylvanie Renet, Paul Mulder, Vincent Richard, and Christian Thuillez

Role of reactive oxygen species in cocaine-induced cardiac dysfunction
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 834-843; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00499-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Helena Lenasi, Karin Kohlstedt, Birgit Fichtlscherer, Alexander Mülsch, Rudi Busse, and Ingrid Fleming

Amlodipine activates the endothelial nitric oxide synthase by altering phosphorylation on Ser¹¹⁷⁷ and Thr⁴⁹⁵
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 844-853; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00505-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L.G Lyngdorf, S Gregersen, A Daugherty, and E Falk

Paradoxical reduction of atherosclerosis in apoE-deficient mice with obesity-related type 2 diabetes
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 854-862; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00506-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Farzad Sarmast, Arun Kolli, Alexey Zaitsev, Keely Parisian, Amit S Dhamoon, Prabal K Guha, Mark Warren, Justus M.B Anumonwo, Steven M Taffet, Omer Berenfeld, and José Jalife

Cholinergic atrial fibrillation: I_K,ACh gradients determine unequal left/right atrial frequencies and rotor dynamics
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 863-873; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00540-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christian Weikert, Monika Eppenberger-Eberhardt, and Hans M Eppenberger

Cellular engineering of ventricular adult rat cardiomyocytes
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 874-882; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00508-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Isabelle Mercier, Sylvie Mader, and Angelino Calderone

Tamoxifen and ICI 182,780 negatively influenced cardiac cell growth via an estrogen receptor-independent mechanism
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 883-892; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00517-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tianqing Peng, Xiangru Lu, Ming Lei, Gordon W Moe, and Qingping Feng

Inhibition of p38 MAPK decreases myocardial TNF-alpha expression and improves myocardial function and survival in endotoxemia
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 893-900; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00509-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tao Rui, Gediminas Cepinskas, Qingping Feng, and Peter R Kvietys

Delayed preconditioning in cardiac myocytes with respect to development of a proinflammatory phenotype: role of SOD and NOS
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 901-911; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00502-9 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Qun Chen, Amadou K.S Camara, Samhita S Rhodes, Matthias L Riess, Enis Novalija, and David F Stowe

Cardiotonic drugs differentially alter cytosolic [Ca²⁺] to left ventricular relationships before and after ischemia in isolated guinea pig hearts
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 912-925; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00524-8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Takeshi Tsuda, Erhe Gao, Lucia Evangelisti, Dessislava Markova, Xinliang Ma, and Mon-Li Chu

Post-ischemic myocardial fibrosis occurs independent of hemodynamic changes
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 926-933; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00519-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gianfranco Pintus, Bruna Tadolini, Anna M Posadino, Bastiano Sanna, Marcella Debidda, Ciriaco Carru, Luca Deiana, and Carlo Ventura

PKC/Raf/MEK/ERK signaling pathway modulates native-LDL-induced E2F-1 gene expression and endothelial cell proliferation
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 934-944; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00526-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hanne Scholz, Arne Yndestad, Jan Kristian Damås, Torgun Wæhre, Serena Tonstad, Pål Aukrust, and Bente Halvorsen

8-Isoprostane increases expression of interleukin-8 in human macrophages through activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 945-954; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00538-8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Faisel Khan, Khalid Elherik, Caroline Bolton-Smith, Rebecca Barr, Alexander Hill, Inez Murrie, and Jill J.F Belch

The effects of dietary fatty acid supplementation on endothelial function and vascular tone in healthy subjects
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 955-962; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00395-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gérard E Plante, Mylène Perreault, Alexis Lanthier, André Marette, and Pierre Maheux

Reduction of endothelial NOS and bradykinin-induced extravasation of macromolecules in skeletal muscle of the fructose-fed rat model
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 963-970; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00521-2 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Juha Rutanen, Pia Leppänen, Tiina T Tuomisto, Tuomas T Rissanen, Mikko O Hiltunen, Ismo Vajanto, Mari Niemi, Tomi Häkkinen, Kari Karkola, Steven A Stacker, Marc G Achen, Kari Alitalo, and Seppo Ylä-Herttuala

Vascular endothelial growth factor-D expression in human atherosclerotic lesions
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 971-979; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00518-2 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lodewijk J Wagenaar, Ad J van Boven, Allard C van der Wal, Giovanni Amoroso, René A Tio, Chris M van der Loos, Anton E Becker, and Wiek H van Gilst

Differential localisation of the renin–angiotensin system in de-novo lesions and in-stent restenotic lesions in in-vivo human coronary arteries
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 980-987; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00520-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Junya Ejiri, Nobutaka Inoue, Takuro Tsukube, Takashi Munezane, Yutaka Hino, Seiichi Kobayashi, Ken-ichi Hirata, Seinosuke Kawashima, Shinobu Imajoh-Ohmi, Yoshitake Hayashi, Hiroshi Yokozaki, Yutaka Okita, and Mitsuhiro Yokoyama

Oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of thoracic aortic aneurysm: Protective role of statin and angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 988-996; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00523-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract James C Hershey, Halea A Corcoran, Elizabeth P Baskin, David B Gilberto, Xianzhi Mao, Kenneth A Thomas, and Jacquelynn J Cook

Enhanced hindlimb collateralization induced by acidic fibroblast growth factor is dependent upon femoral artery extraction
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 997-1005; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00522-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Instructions to Authors
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: 1006; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00591-1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Board
Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: CO2; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00588-1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Cardiovasc Res 2003 59: EX1-EX3; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00592-3 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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