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Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: i-v; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00748-X [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Board
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: ii; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00744-2 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Razeghi and Heinrich Taegtmeyer

Activity of the Akt/GSK-3β pathway in the failing human heart before and after left ventricular assist device support
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 196-197; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.10.020 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hideo A Baba and Bodo Levkau

Experimental and clinical parameters of cardiac reverse remodeling after LVAD support: a call for uniformity
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 198-199; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.10.021 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Instructions to Authors
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 200; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00747-8 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcement

Spotlight Issue on Growth Factors in the Vascular System
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: v; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00754-5 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Introducing a New Submission Category: Rapid Communications
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: vi; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00755-7 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

Hans Michael Piper and Elizabeth A Martinson

The Editorial Team reflects on 2003: our first year "in office"
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 1; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.11.001 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

List of Reviewers
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 2-4; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00751-X [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Doug Bowles

A radical idea: men and women are different
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 5-6; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.11.006 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pamela A Lucchesi

Growth hormone-releasing peptides and the heart: secretagogues or cardioprotectors?
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 7-8; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.11.011 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joris R de Groot

Why shocking might be not shocking enough
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 9-10; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.11.004 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract Joerg Herrmann, Aaron Ciechanover, Lilach O Lerman, and Amir Lerman

The ubiquitin–proteasome system in cardiovascular diseases—a hypothesis extended
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 11-21; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.033 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Article

Get checked abstract Ana Paula V Dantas, Maria do Carmo P Franco, Michele M Silva-Antonialli, Rita C.A Tostes, Zuleica B Fortes, Dorothy Nigro, and Maria Helena C Carvalho

Gender differences in superoxide generation in microvessels of hypertensive rats: role of NAD(P)H-oxidase
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 22-29; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.10.010 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mitsunori Iwase, Hiroaki Kanazawa, Yosuke Kato, Takao Nishizawa, Fuji Somura, Ryoji Ishiki, Kohzo Nagata, Katsunori Hashimoto, Kenji Takagi, Hideo Izawa, and Mitsuhiro Yokota

Growth hormone-releasing peptide can improve left ventricular dysfunction and attenuate dilation in dilated cardiomyopathic hamsters
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 30-38; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.10.012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nipon Chattipakorn, Isabelle Banville, Richard A Gray, and Raymond E Ideker

Effects of shock strengths on ventricular defibrillation failure
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 39-44; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.10.009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Youhua Zhang, Saroja Bharati, Rabi Sulayman, Kent A Mowrey, Patrick J Tchou, and Todor N Mazgalev

Atrioventricular nodal fast pathway modification: mechanism for lack of ventricular rate slowing in atrial fibrillation
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 45-55; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.10.023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ping Yang, Sabina Kupershmidt, and Dan M. Roden

Cloning and initial characterization of the human cardiac sodium channel (SCN5A) promoter
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 56-65; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.030 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Reginald Liew, Mark A Stagg, Joachim Chan, Peter Collins, and Kenneth T MacLeod

Gender determines the acute actions of genistein on intracellular calcium regulation in the guinea-pig heart
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 66-76; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.10.006 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David G Taylor, Leonard D Parilak, Martin M LeWinter, and Harm J Knot

Quantification of the rat left ventricle force and Ca²⁺–frequency relationships: similarities to dog and human
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 77-86; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ali El-Armouche, Torsten Pamminger, Diana Ditz, Oliver Zolk, and Thomas Eschenhagen

Decreased protein and phosphorylation level of the protein phosphatase inhibitor-1 in failing human hearts
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 87-93; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.11.005 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David J Miller, Niall G MacFarlane, and Gayle Wilson

Altered oscillatory work by ventricular myofilaments from a rabbit coronary artery ligation model of heart failure
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 94-104; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.032 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alexander Deten, Junpei Shibata, Dimitri Scholz, Wilfried Briest, Klaus F Wagner, Roland H Wenger, and Heinz-Gerd Zimmer

Norepinephrine-induced acute heart failure in transgenic mice overexpressing erythropoietin
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 105-114; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.10.026 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Laurent Argaud, Odile Gateau-Roesch, Lara Chalabreysse, Ludovic Gomez, Joseph Loufouat, Françoise Thivolet-Béjui, Dominique Robert, and Michel Ovize

Preconditioning delays Ca²⁺-induced mitochondrial permeability transition
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 115-122; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.11.003 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Diana A Gorog, Masaya Tanno, Xuebin Cao, Mohamed Bellahcene, Rekha Bassi, Alamgir M.N Kabir, Kushal Dighe, Roy A Quinlan, and Michael S Marber

Inhibition of p38 MAPK activity fails to attenuate contractile dysfunction in a mouse model of low-flow ischemia
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 123-131; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.034 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Keisuke Kondoh, Hiroyuki Koyama, Tetsuro Miyata, Tsuyoshi Takato, Hirohumi Hamada, and Hiroshi Shigematsu

Conduction performance of collateral vessels induced by vascular endothelial growth factor or basic fibroblast growth factor
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 132-142; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.10.003 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yun-Ching Fu, Ching-Shiang Chi, Sui-Chu Yin, Betau Hwang, Yung-Tsung Chiu, and Shih-Lan Hsu

Norepinephrine induces apoptosis in neonatal rat endothelial cells via down-regulation of Bcl-2 and activation of β-adrenergic and caspase-2 pathways
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 143-151; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.10.014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shiow L Pan, Jih H Guh, Ya L Chang, Sheng C Kuo, Fang Y Lee, and Che M Teng

YC-1 prevents sodium nitroprusside-mediated apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 152-158; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.013 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hong-Jye Hong, Paul Chan, Ju-Chi Liu, Shu-Hui Juan, Meng-Ting Huang, Jaung-Geng Lin, and Tzu-Hurng Cheng

Angiotensin II induces endothelin-1 gene expression via extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway in rat aortic smooth muscle cells
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 159-168; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.10.019 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hsueh-Hsiao Wang, Tzu-Ming Hung, Jeng Wei, and An-Na Chiang

Fish oil increases antioxidant enzyme activities in macrophages and reduces atherosclerotic lesions in apoE-knockout mice
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 169-176; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.11.002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yasushi Numaguchi, Kenji Okumura, Mitsunori Harada, Keiji Naruse, Michiharu Yamada, Hiroyuki Osanai, Hideo Matsui, Masafumi Ito, and Toyoaki Murohara

Catheter-based prostacyclin synthase gene transfer prevents in-stent restenosis in rabbit atheromatous arteries
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 177-185; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.10.016 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joost P.G Sluijter, Mirjam B Smeets, Evelyn Velema, Gerard Pasterkamp, and Dominique P.V de Kleijn

Increased collagen turnover is only partly associated with collagen fiber deposition in the arterial response to injury
Cardiovasc Res 2004 61: 186-195; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.09.028 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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