Cardiovascular Research

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Keyword Index - Volumes 59+60
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Editorial Board
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Announcement

Spotlight Issue on Signaling Networks in Cardiac Hypertrophy
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Editorial

Ed van Bavel

Shear stress and intermediate-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels
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Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann and Thomas Eschenhagen

Tissue engineering of aortic heart valves
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 460-462; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.10.007 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elieser Kaplinsky

Do we understand why regression of left ventricular hypertrophy is beneficial?
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Oliver Eickelberg, Michael E Yeager, and Friedrich Grimminger

The tantalizing triplet of pulmonary hypertension—BMP receptors, serotonin receptors, and angiopoietins
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Review

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

Heat stress preconditioning and delayed myocardial protection: what is new?
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 469-477; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.08.012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ali El-Armouche, Oliver Zolk, Thomas Rau, and Thomas Eschenhagen

Inhibitory G-proteins and their role in desensitization of the adenylyl cyclase pathway in heart failure
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Original Article

Get checked abstract Susanne Brakemeier, Anne Kersten, Ines Eichler, Ivica Grgic, Andreas Zakrzewicz, Hartmut Hopp, Ralf Köhler, and Joachim Hoyer

Shear stress-induced up-regulation of the intermediate-conductance Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channel in human endothelium
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 488-496; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.010 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract K. Schenke-Layland, F. Opitz, M. Gross, C. Döring, K.J. Halbhuber, F. Schirrmeister, Th. Wahlers, and U.A. Stock

Complete dynamic repopulation of decellularized heart valves by application of defined physical signals—an in vitro study
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 497-509; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alfred N. Botchway, Mark A. Turner, Desmond J. Sheridan, Nicholas A. Flores, and Christopher H. Fry

Electrophysiological effects accompanying regression of left ventricular hypertrophy
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Get checked abstract Cédric Blanpain, Emmanuel Le Poul, Jasmine Parma, Christiane Knoop, Michel Detheux, Marc Parmentier, Gilbert Vassart, and Marc J Abramowicz

Serotonin 5-HT_2B receptor loss of function mutation in a patient with fenfluramine-associated primary pulmonary hypertension
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 518-528; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.015 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joachim Neumann, Peter Boknik, Frank Begrow, Gabriela Hanske, Isabel Justus, Marek Mat'us, Uta Reinke, G.Paul Matherne, and Wilhelm Schmitz

Altered signal transduction in cardiac ventricle overexpressing A₁-adenosine receptors
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 529-537; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Karen Tiede, Katrin Stöter, Christian Petrik, Wen-Bin Chen, Hendrik Ungefroren, Marie-Luise Kruse, Monika Stoll, Thomas Unger, and Jens W Fischer

Angiotensin II AT₁-receptor induces biglycan in neonatal cardiac fibroblasts via autocrine release of TGFβ in vitro
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 538-546; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.08.009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract William A Marganski, Vanessa M De Biase, Maria L Burgess, and Micah Dembo

Demonstration of altered fibroblast contractile activity in hypertensive heart disease
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Get checked abstract Mohammed Shakil Ahmed, Erik Øie, Leif Erik Vinge, Arne Yndestad, Geir Øystein Andersen, Yvonne Andersson, Toril Attramadal, and Håvard Attramadal

Induction of myocardial biglycan in heart failure in rats—an extracellular matrix component targeted by AT₁ receptor antagonism
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 557-568; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.08.017 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Veerle Compernolle, Koen Brusselmans, Diego Franco, Antoon Moorman, Mieke Dewerchin, Désiré Collen, and Peter Carmeliet

Cardia bifida, defective heart development and abnormal neural crest migration in embryos lacking hypoxia-inducible factor-1
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 569-579; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.07.003 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hiroshi Yamashita, Seiryo Sugiura, Hideo Fujita, So-ichiro Yasuda, Ryozo Nagai, Yasutake Saeki, Kenji Sunagawa, and Haruo Sugi

Myosin light chain isoforms modify force-generating ability of cardiac myosin by changing the kinetics of actin–myosin interaction
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 580-588; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.011 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Néstor G Pérez, María C Villa-Abrille, Ernesto A Aiello, Raúl A Dulce, Horacio E Cingolani, and María C Camilión de Hurtado

A low dose of angiotensin II increases inotropism through activation of reverse Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchange by endothelin release
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Get checked abstract Sean A Ross, Boyd R Rorabaugh, Dan Chalothorn, June Yun, Pedro J Gonzalez-Cabrera, Dan F McCune, Michael T Piascik, and Dianne M Perez

The _1B-adrenergic receptor decreases the inotropic response in the mouse Langendorff heart model
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Get checked abstract Stefanie Gilles, Stefan Zahler, Ulrich Welsch, Christian P Sommerhoff, and Bernhard F Becker

Release of TNF- during myocardial reperfusion depends on oxidative stress and is prevented by mast cell stabilizers
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Get checked abstract Derek J Hausenloy, Michael R Duchen, and Derek M Yellon

Inhibiting mitochondrial permeability transition pore opening at reperfusion protects against ischaemia–reperfusion injury
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 617-625; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.025 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christoph Rüdiger Wolfram Kuhlmann, Matthias Schäfer, Fang Li, Tatsuya Sawamura, Harald Tillmanns, Bernd Waldecker, and Johannes Wiecha

Modulation of endothelial Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels by oxidized LDL and its contribution to endothelial proliferation
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 626-634; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.08.010 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christy-Lynn M Cooke and Sandra T Davidge

Endothelial-dependent vasodilation is reduced in mesenteric arteries from superoxide dismutase knockout mice
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Get checked abstract Shaun L. Sandow, Robin Looft-Wilson, Beth Doran, T.Hilton Grayson, Steven S. Segal, and Caryl E. Hill

Expression of homocellular and heterocellular gap junctions in hamster arterioles and feed arteries
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 643-653; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.017 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Amalia Forte, Salvatore Esposito, Marisa De Feo, Umberto Galderisi, Cesare Quarto, Ferdinando Esposito, Attilio Renzulli, Liberato Berrino, Marilena Cipollaro, Lucio Agozzino, Maurizio Cotrufo, Francesco Rossi, and Antonino Cascino

Stenosis progression after surgical injury in Milan hypertensive rat carotid arteries
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Get checked abstract Klaus Pels, Carolin Deiner, Sarah E Coupland, Michel Noutsias, Andreas P Sutter, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Seppo Yla-Herttuala, and Peter L Schwimmbeck

Effect of adventitial VEGF₁₆₅ gene transfer on vascular thickening after coronary artery balloon injury
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Get checked abstract Michael O'Sullivan, Stephen D Scott, Nicola McCarthy, Nicola Figg, Leonard M Shapiro, Peter Kirkpatrick, and Martin R Bennett

Differential cyclin E expression in human in-stent stenosis smooth muscle cells identifies targets for selective anti-restenosis therapy
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 673-683; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.018 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dirk Skowasch, Alexander Jabs, René Andrié, Sabine Dinkelbach, Berndt Lüderitz, and Gerhard Bauriedel

Presence of bone-marrow- and neural-crest-derived cells in intimal hyperplasia at the time of clinical in-stent restenosis
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 684-691; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.001 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eiji Hironaka, Minoru Hongo, Akio Sakai, Eiichiro Mawatari, Fumiko Terasawa, Nobuo Okumura, Akie Yamazaki, Yoshihisa Ushiyama, Yoshikazu Yazaki, and Osamu Kinoshita

Serotonin receptor antagonist inhibits monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension and prolongs survival in rats
Cardiovasc Res 2003 60: 692-699; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rakesh C Kukreja, Ramzi Ockaili, Fadi Salloum, and Lei Xi

Sildenafil-induced cardioprotection in rabbits
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Thorsten Reffelmann and Robert A Kloner

Cardiovascular effects of sildenafil in experimental ischemia–reperfusion (reply to "Sildenafil-induced cardioprotection in rabbits, by Kukreja, R.C., Ockaili, R., Salloum, F., Xi, L.")
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