Cardiovascular Research

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Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: i-v; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(04)00098-7 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Board
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: ii; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(04)00094-X [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Announcement Spotlight Issue on Growth Factors in the Vascular System
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: v; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(04)00101-4 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 223; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(04)00097-5 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

Stéphane Hatem

Does the loss of transverse tubules contribute to dyssynchronous Ca²⁺ release during heart failure?
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 1-3; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.037 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roberto J Diaz and Gregory J Wilson

Modifying the first minute of reperfusion: potential for myocardial salvage
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 4-6; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.036 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elisabetta Cerbai and Alessandro Mugelli

Angiotensin AT₂ receptor: the younger sibling attracts attention
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 7-8; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.034 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract Juan Tamargo, Ricardo Caballero, Ricardo Gómez, Carmen Valenzuela, and Eva Delpón

Pharmacology of cardiac potassium channels
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 9-33; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.12.026 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Boon Chin Heng, Husnain Kh Haider, Eugene Kwang-Wei Sim, Tong Cao, and Soon Chye Ng

Strategies for directing the differentiation of stem cells into the cardiomyogenic lineage in vitro
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 34-42; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.12.022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Antonio Martínez-Ruiz and Santiago Lamas

S-nitrosylation: a potential new paradigm in signal transduction
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 43-52; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.013 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Get checked abstract Carmen R Valdivia, David J Tester, Benjamin A Rok, Co-burn J Porter, Thomas M Munger, Arshad Jahangir, Jonathan C Makielski, and Michael J Ackerman

A trafficking defective, Brugada syndrome-causing SCN5A mutation rescued by drugs
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 53-62; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles

Get checked abstract William E Louch, Virginie Bito, Frank R Heinzel, Regina Macianskiene, Johan Vanhaecke, Willem Flameng, Kanigula Mubagwa, and Karin R Sipido

Reduced synchrony of Ca²⁺ release with loss of T-tubules—a comparison to Ca²⁺ release in human failing cardiomyocytes
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 63-73; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.12.031 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hajime Kin, Zhi-Qing Zhao, He-Ying Sun, Ning-Ping Wang, Joel S. Corvera, Michael E. Halkos, Faraz Kerendi, Robert A. Guyton, and Jakob Vinten-Johansen

Postconditioning attenuates myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury by inhibiting events in the early minutes of reperfusion
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 74-85; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.006 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ricardo Caballero, Ricardo Gómez, Ignacio Moreno, Lucía Nuñez, Teresa González, Cristina Arias, Miriam Guizy, Carmen Valenzuela, Juan Tamargo, and Eva Delpón

Interaction of angiotensin II with the angiotensin type 2 receptor inhibits the cardiac transient outward potassium current
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 86-95; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.12.029 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chern-En Chiang, Hsiang-Ning Luk, and Tsui-Min Wang

Swelling-activated chloride current is activated in guinea pig cardiomyocytes from endotoxic shock
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 96-104; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.007 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Koichiro Kumagai, Hideko Nakashima, and Keijiro Saku

The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor atorvastatin prevents atrial fibrillation by inhibiting inflammation in a canine sterile pericarditis model
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 105-111; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.018 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Donald B Hoover, Charles E Ganote, Shawn M Ferguson, Randy D Blakely, and Rodney L Parsons

Localization of cholinergic innervation in guinea pig heart by immunohistochemistry for high-affinity choline transporters
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 112-121; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Uwe Kirchhefer, Larry R Jones, Frank Begrow, Peter Boknik, Lutz Hein, Martin J Lohse, Burkhard Riemann, Wilhelm Schmitz, Jörg Stypmann, and Joachim Neumann

Transgenic triadin 1 overexpression alters SR Ca²⁺ handling and leads to a blunted contractile response to β-adrenergic agonists
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 122-134; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.005 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hui-Rong Liu, Ling Tao, Erhe Gao, Bernard L Lopez, Theodore A Christopher, Robert N Willette, Eliot H Ohlstein, Tian-Li Yue, and Xin-Liang Ma

Anti-apoptotic effects of rosiglitazone in hypercholesterolemic rabbits subjected to myocardial ischemia and reperfusion
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 135-144; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.12.027 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C.J Zuurbier, O Eerbeek, P.T Goedhart, E.A Struys, N.M Verhoeven, C Jakobs, and C Ince

Inhibition of the pentose phosphate pathway decreases ischemia–reperfusion-induced creatine kinase release in the heart
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 145-153; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.010 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Zhi-Sheng Jiang, Wattamon Srisakuldee, Fabienne Soulet, Gerard Bouche, and Elissavet Kardami

Non-angiogenic FGF-2 protects the ischemic heart from injury, in the presence or absence of reperfusion
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 154-166; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yoshihiko Ichikawa, Tetsuji Miura, Atsushi Nakano, Takayuki Miki, Yuichi Nakamura, Kazufumi Tsuchihashi, and Kazuaki Shimamoto

The role of ADAM protease in the tyrosine kinase-mediated trigger mechanism of ischemic preconditioning
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 167-175; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.11.040 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sophie Le Ricousse-Roussanne, Véronique Barateau, Jean-olivier Contreres, Bernadette Boval, Laurence Kraus-Berthier, and Gérard Tobelem

Ex vivo differentiated endothelial and smooth muscle cells from human cord blood progenitors home to the angiogenic tumor vasculature
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 176-184; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.017 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sung-Woo Ryoo, Dong-Uk Kim, Misun Won, Kyung-Sook Chung, Young-Joo Jang, Goo-Taek Oh, Song-Kyu Park, Pil-Jae Maeng, Hyang-Sook Yoo, and Kwang-Lae Hoe

Native LDL induces interleukin-8 expression via H₂O₂, p38 Kinase, and activator protein-1 in human aortic smooth muscle cells
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 185-193; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Hiroshi Watanabe, Quang-Kim Tran, Mariko Ozeki, Daigo Sumi, Toshio Hayashi, Akihisa Iguchi, Louis J Ignarro, Kyoichi Ohashi, and Hideharu Hayashi

Nitric oxide: inhibitory effects on endothelial cell calcium signaling, prostaglandin I₂ production and nitric oxide synthase expression
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 194-201; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.12.028 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Raquel Hernanz, María J Alonso, Helle Zibrandtsen, Yolanda Alvarez, Mercedes Salaices, and Ulf Simonsen

Measurements of nitric oxide concentration and hyporeactivity in rat superior mesenteric artery exposed to endotoxin
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 202-211; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rüdiger Blindt, Anja-Katrin Bosserhoff, Julia Dammers, Nicole Krott, Lütfü Demircan, Rainer Hoffmann, Peter Hanrath, Christian Weber, and Felix Vogt

Downregulation of N-cadherin in the neointima stimulates migration of smooth muscle cells by RhoA deactivation
Cardiovasc Res 2004 62: 212-222; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.01.004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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