Cardiovascular Research

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Editorial Board
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: ii; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00607-2 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 214; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00610-2 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

Fiorella Calabrese, Allard C van der Wal, and Marcel Levi

Infection and inflammation in the cardiovascular system
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 1-4; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00569-8 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Get checked abstract Jay W Mason

Myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy: An inflammatory link
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 5-10; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00437-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fiorella Calabrese and Gaetano Thiene

Myocarditis and inflammatory cardiomyopathy: microbiological and molecular biological aspects
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 11-25; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00475-9 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marcel Levi, Tymen T Keller, Eric van Gorp, and Hugo ten Cate

Infection and inflammation and the coagulation system
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 26-39; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00857-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tymen T Keller, Albert T.A Mairuhu, Martijn D de Kruif, Saskia K Klein, Victor E.A Gerdes, Hugo ten Cate, Dees P.M Brandjes, Marcel Levi, and Eric C.M van Gorp

Infections and endothelial cells
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 40-48; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00354-7 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kirsten Peters, Ronald E. Unger, Joachim Brunner, and C.James Kirkpatrick

Molecular basis of endothelial dysfunction in sepsis
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 49-57; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00397-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dominique de Kleijn and Gerard Pasterkamp

Toll-like receptors in cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 58-67; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00348-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Onno J de Boer, Anton E Becker, and Allard C van der Wal

T lymphocytes in atherogenesis—functional aspects and antigenic repertoire
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 78-86; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00341-9 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Giuseppe Barbaro

HIV infection, highly active antiretroviral therapy and the cardiovascular system
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 87-95; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00828-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maria de Lourdes Higuchi, Luiz Alberto Benvenuti, Marcia Martins Reis, and Martin Metzger

Pathophysiology of the heart in Chagas’ disease: current status and new developments
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 96-107; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00361-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Article

Get checked abstract Hans W.M Niessen, Paul A.J Krijnen, Cees A Visser, Chris J.L.M Meijer, and C Erik Hack

Type II secretory phospholipase A2 in cardiovascular disease: a mediator in atherosclerosis and ischemic damage to cardiomyocytes?
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 68-77; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00324-9 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alysia A Chaves, Michael J Mihm, Brandon L Schanbacher, Anupam Basuray, Cynthia Liu, Leona W Ayers, and John Anthony Bauer

Cardiomyopathy in a murine model of AIDS: evidence of reactive nitrogen species and corroboration in human HIV/AIDS cardiac tissues
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 108-118; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00431-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jean-Philippe Tessier, Bernhard Thurner, Eberhard Jüngling, Andreas Lückhoff, and Yvan Fischer

Impairment of glucose metabolism in hearts from rats treated with endotoxin
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 119-130; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00320-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Claudia Marsik, Monika Graninger, Nigel Mackman, Bjarne Osterud, Thomas Luther, and Bernd Jilma

Effects of enalapril on disseminated intravascular thrombin formation during systemic inflammation
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 131-135; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00363-8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Braim M. Rahel, Frank L.J. Visseren, Maarten-Jan Suttorp, Thijs H.W. Plokker, Johannes C. Kelder, Bartelt M. de Jongh, K.Paul Bouter, and Rob J.A. Diepersloot

Preprocedural serum levels of acute-phase reactants and prognosis after percutaneous coronary intervention
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 136-140; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00355-9 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Arne Yndestad, Are M Holm, Fredrik Müller, Svein Simonsen, Stig S Frøland, Lars Gullestad, and Pål Aukrust

Enhanced expression of inflammatory cytokines and activation markers in T-cells from patients with chronic heart failure
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 141-146; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00362-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ezia Ruga, Sergio Bova, Gastone Nussdorfer, Giuseppina Mazzocchi, Piera Rebuffat, Ornella Milanesi, and Gabriella Cargnelli

Zidovudine-induced alterations in the heart and vascular smooth muscle of the rat
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 147-155; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00364-X [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Samuli Rounioja, Juha Räsänen, Virpi Glumoff, Marja Ojaniemi, Kaarin Mäkikallio, and Mikko Hallman

Intra-amniotic lipopolysaccharide leads to fetal cardiac dysfunction: A mouse model for fetal inflammatory response
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 156-164; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00338-9 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christina Baboonian, David A Smith, David Shapland, Gavin Arno, Behnam Zal, Julius Akiyu, and Juan Carlos Kaski

Placental infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae and intrauterine growth restriction
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 165-169; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00321-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Brian B Chesebro, Erwin Blessing, Cho-Chou Kuo, Michael E Rosenfeld, Mirja Puolakkainen, and Lee Ann Campbell

Nitric oxide synthase plays a role in Chlamydia pneumoniae-induced atherosclerosis
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 170-174; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00389-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Weiping Cao, Yuri V Bobryshev, Reginald S.A Lord, Reida E.I Oakley, Szu H Lee, and Jinhua Lu

Dendritic cells in the arterial wall express C1q: potential significance in atherogenesis
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 175-186; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00345-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Silvia Stella Barbieri, Sonia Eligini, Marta Brambilla, Elena Tremoli, and Susanna Colli

Reactive oxygen species mediate cyclooxygenase-2 induction during monocyte to macrophage differentiation: critical role of NADPH oxidase
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 187-197; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00365-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Florian Bea, Erwin Blessing, Brian J Bennett, Cho Chou Kuo, Lee Ann Campbell, Jörg Kreuzer, and Michael E Rosenfeld

Chronic inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 does not alter plaque composition in a mouse model of advanced unstable atherosclerosis
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 198-204; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00464-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Olivier D Defawe, Alain Colige, Charles A Lambert, Carine Munaut, Philippe Delvenne, Charles M Lapière, Raymond Limet, Betty V Nusgens, and Natzi Sakalihasan

TIMP-2 and PAI-1 mRNA levels are lower in aneurysmal as compared to athero-occlusive abdominal aortas
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 205-213; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00513-3 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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