Cardiovascular Research

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Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: I-III; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(04)00217-2 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: ii; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(04)00213-5 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yong Woo Lee, Sung Yong Eum, Avindra Nath, and Michal Toborek

Estrogen-mediated protection against HIV Tat protein-induced inflammatory pathways in human vascular endothelial cells
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 139-148; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.03.006 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 188; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(04)00216-0 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Spotlight Issue on Cardiovascular Aging
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: v; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(04)00220-2 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Spotlight Issue on The Molecular Genetics of Arrhythmias
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: vi; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(04)00221-4 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

Isabella Tritto and Giuseppe Ambrosio

The multi-faceted behavior of nitric oxide in vascular "inflammation": catchy terminology or true phenomenon?
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 1-4; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.04.028 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jocelyn Dupuis

Increased endothelin levels in congestive heart failure: does it come from the lungs? Does it matter?
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 5-7; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.04.007 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christoph Thiemermann

Inhibition of the activation of nuclear factor kappa B to reduce myocardial reperfusion injury and infarct size
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 8-10; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.04.023 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract Vicente Andrés

Control of vascular cell proliferation and migration by cyclin-dependent kinase signalling: new perspectives and therapeutic potential
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 11-21; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.02.009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jürgen R Sindermann, Vitali Verin, John W Hopewell, Hans Peter Rodemann, and Jolyon H Hendry

Biological aspects of radiation and drug-eluting stents for the prevention of restenosis
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 22-30; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.02.001 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles

Get checked abstract Yoshiyuki Hattori, Kikuo Kasai, and Steven S Gross

NO suppresses while peroxynitrite sustains NF-B: a paradigm to rationalize cytoprotective and cytotoxic actions attributed to NO
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 31-40; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.03.014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Thomas G von Lueder, Harald Kjekshus, Thor Edvardsen, Erik Øie, Stig Urheim, Leif Erik Vinge, Muhammed Shakil Ahmed, Otto A Smiseth, and Håvard Attramadal

Mechanisms of elevated plasma endothelin-1 in CHF: congestion increases pulmonary synthesis and secretion of endothelin-1
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 41-50; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.03.016 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yasuyuki Onai, Jun-ichi Suzuki, Tsunekazu Kakuta, Yasuhiro Maejima, Go Haraguchi, Hiroshi Fukasawa, Susumu Muto, Akiko Itai, and Mitsuaki Isobe

Inhibition of IB phosphorylation in cardiomyocytes attenuates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 51-59; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.03.002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Laetitia Gouas, Chloe Bellocq, Myriam Berthet, Franck Potet, Sophie Demolombe, Anne Forhan, Rachel Lescasse, Françoise Simon, Beverley Balkau, Isabelle Denjoy, Bernard Hainque, Isabelle Baró, Pascale Guicheney, and The D.E.S.I.R. Study Group

New KCNQ1 mutations leading to haploinsufficiency in a general population: Defective trafficking of a KvLQT1 mutant
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 60-68; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.02.011 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Norihiro Ueda, Douglas P Zipes, and Jiashin Wu

Prior ischemia enhances arrhythmogenicity in isolated canine ventricular wedge model of long QT 3
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 69-76; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.02.014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lucile Miquerol, Sonia Meysen, Matteo Mangoni, Patrick Bois, Harold V.M van Rijen, Patrice Abran, Habo Jongsma, Joël Nargeot, and Daniel Gros

Architectural and functional asymmetry of the His–Purkinje system of the murine heart
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 77-86; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.03.007 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Philipp Stawowy, Christian Margeta, Heike Kallisch, Nabil G Seidah, Michel Chrétien, Eckart Fleck, and Kristof Graf

Regulation of matrix metalloproteinase MT1-MMP/MMP-2 in cardiac fibroblasts by TGF-β1 involves furin-convertase
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 87-97; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.03.010 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kou-Gi Shyu, Bao-Wei Wang, Yu-Hui Yang, Shiow-Chwen Tsai, Shankung Lin, and Chun-Chung Lee

Amphetamine activates connexin43 gene expression in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes through JNK and AP-1 pathway
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 98-108; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.02.018 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tsung-Ming Lee, Mei-Shu Lin, Tsai-Fwu Chou, Chang-Her Tsai, and Nen-Chung Chang

Adjunctive 17β-estradiol administration reduces infarct size by altered expression of canine myocardial connexin43 protein
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 109-117; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.03.009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrzej Beresewicz, Michal Maczewski, and Monika Duda

Effect of classic preconditioning and diazoxide on endothelial function and O₂^– and NO generation in the post-ischemic guinea-pig heart
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 118-129; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.02.012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Loukas D Tsironis, John V Mitsios, Haralampos J Milionis, Moses Elisaf, and Alexandros D Tselepis

Effect of lipoprotein (a) on platelet activation induced by platelet-activating factor: role of apolipoprotein (a) and endogenous PAF-acetylhydrolase
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 130-138; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.03.005 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jan Skov Jensen, Bo Feldt-Rasmussen, Kurt Svarre Jensen, Peter Clausen, Henrik Scharling, and Børge Grønne Nordestgaard

Transendothelial lipoprotein exchange and microalbuminuria
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 149-154; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.02.017 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Françoise Stanke-Labesque, Michel Mallaret, Blandine Lefebvre, Gaëlle Hardy, Françoise Caron, and Germain Bessard

2-Arachidonoyl glycerol induces contraction of isolated rat aorta: role of cyclooxygenase-derived products
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 155-160; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.03.024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Julian Widder, Thomas Behr, Daniela Fraccarollo, Kai Hu, Paolo Galuppo, Piet Tas, Christiane E Angermann, Georg Ertl, and Johann Bauersachs

Vascular endothelial dysfunction and superoxide anion production in heart failure are p38 MAP kinase-dependent
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 161-167; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.03.008 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Brian S Conklin, Weiping Fu, Peter H Lin, Alan B Lumsden, Qizhi Yao, and Changyi Chen

HIV protease inhibitor ritonavir decreases endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation and increases superoxide in porcine arteries
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 168-175; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.03.020 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C Roncal, J Orbe, J.A Rodriguez, M Belzunce, O Beloqui, J Diez, and J.A Páramo

Influence of the 4G/5G PAI-1 genotype on angiotensin II-stimulated human endothelial cells and in patients with hypertension
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 176-185; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.03.023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Corrigendum

W.S Redfern, L Carlsson, A.S Davis, W.G Lynch, I MacKenzie, S Palethorpe, P.K.S Siegl, I Strang, A.T Sullivan, R Wallis, A.J Camm, and T.G Hammond

Corrigendum to "Relationships between preclinical cardiac electrophysiology, clinical QT interval prolongation and torsade de pointes for a broad range of drugs: evidence for a provisional safety margin in drug development" [Cardiovasc. Res. 58 (2003) 32–45]
Cardiovasc Res 2004 63: 186-187; doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.04.016 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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