SPECIAL MEDICAL EDITORIALS:

Paolo G. Camici and David P. Dutka

Repetitive stunning, hibernation, and heart failure: contribution of PET to establishing a link
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H929-H936. [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

Panos Papageorgiou, Boris E. Shmukler, Alan K. Stuart-Tilley, Lianwei Jiang, and Seth L. Alper

AE anion exchangers in atrial tumor cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H937-H945. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jason M. Pass, Yuting Zheng, William B. Wead, Jun Zhang, Richard C. X. Li, Roberto Bolli, and Peipei Ping

PKC activation induces dichotomous cardiac phenotypes and modulates PKC-RACK interactions and RACK expression
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H946-H955. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yunlong Zhang, Ken G. Stewart, and Sandra T. Davidge

Endogenous estrogen mediates vascular reactivity and distensibility in pregnant rat mesenteric arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H956-H961. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sandra B. Haudek, Erika Spencer, Debora D. Bryant, D. Jean White, David Maass, Jureta W. Horton, Zhijian J. Chen, and Brett P. Giroir

Overexpression of cardiac I-B prevents endotoxin-induced myocardial dysfunction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H962-H968. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Catherine F. Notarius, Deborah J. Atchison, and John S. Floras

Impact of heart failure and exercise capacity on sympathetic response to handgrip exercise
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H969-H976. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ernest A. Boehm, Barney E. Jones, George K. Radda, Richard L. Veech, and Kieran Clarke

Increased uncoupling proteins and decreased efficiency in palmitate-perfused hyperthyroid rat heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H977-H983. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bruno K. Podesser, Deborah A. Siwik, Franz R. Eberli, Flora Sam, Soeun Ngoy, Julie Lambert, Khahn Ngo, Carl S. Apstein, and Wilson S. Colucci

ET_A-receptor blockade prevents matrix metalloproteinase activation late postmyocardial infarction in the rat
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H984-H991. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hong Sun and William G. Mayhan

Temporal effect of alcohol consumption on reactivity of pial arterioles: role of oxygen radicals
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H992-H1001. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Schäfer, D. Bahde, B. Bosche, Y. Ladilov, C. Schäfer, H. M. Piper, and T. Noll

Modulation of early [Ca²⁺]_i rise in metabolically inhibited endothelial cells by xestospongin C
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1002-H1010. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David E. Montgomery, Murali Chandra, Qi-Quan Huang, Jian-Ping Jin, and R. John Solaro

Transgenic incorporation of skeletal TnT into cardiac myofilaments blunts PKC-mediated depression of force
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1011-H1018. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Surya M. Nauli, Lubo Zhang, and William J. Pearce

Maturation depresses cGMP-mediated decreases in [Ca²⁺]_i and Ca²⁺ sensitivity in ovine cranial arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1019-H1028. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Samuel Y. Boateng, Ruby U. Naqvi, Maren U. Koban, Magdi H. Yacoub, Kenneth T. MacLeod, and Kenneth R. Boheler

Low-dose ramipril treatment improves relaxation and calcium cycling after established cardiac hypertrophy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1029-H1038. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Farah Sheikh, David P. Sontag, Robert R. Fandrich, Elissavet Kardami, and Peter A. Cattini

Overexpression of FGF-2 increases cardiac myocyte viability after injury in isolated mouse hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1039-H1050. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alina A. Constantinescu, Hans Vink, and Jos A. E. Spaan

Elevated capillary tube hematocrit reflects degradation of endothelial cell glycocalyx by oxidized LDL
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1051-H1057. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Anne Baron, Dominique Monnier, Angela Roatti, and Alex J. Baertschi

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide activates K_ATP current in rat atrial myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1058-H1065. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jefferson C. Frisbee, Richard J. Roman, U. Murali Krishna, John R. Falck, and Julian H. Lombard

20-HETE modulates myogenic response of skeletal muscle resistance arteries from hypertensive Dahl-SS rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1066-H1074. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wei Han, Zhiguo Wang, and Stanley Nattel

Slow delayed rectifier current and repolarization in canine cardiac Purkinje cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1075-H1080. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mikko P. Tulppo, Richard L. Hughson, Timo H. Mäkikallio, K. E. Juhani Airaksinen, Tapio Seppänen, and Heikki V. Huikuri

Effects of exercise and passive head-up tilt on fractal and complexity properties of heart rate dynamics
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1081-H1087. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alexander Schuster, Hirotaka Oishi, Jean-Louis Bény, Nikolaos Stergiopulos, and Jean-Jacques Meister

Simultaneous arterial calcium dynamics and diameter measurements: application to myoendothelial communication
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1088-H1096. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H. T. Yang, Z. Yan, Judith A. Abraham, and Ronald L. Terjung

VEGF₁₂₁- and bFGF-induced increase in collateral blood flow requires normal nitric oxide production
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1097-H1104. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrey V. Gourine, Adrian T. Gonon, and John Pernow

Involvement of nitric oxide in cardioprotective effect of endothelin receptor antagonist during ischemia-reperfusion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1105-H1112. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Phillip F. Pratt, Pinlan Li, Cecilia J. Hillard, Jason Kurian, and William B. Campbell

Endothelium-independent, ouabain-sensitive relaxation of bovine coronary arteries by EETs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1113-H1121. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alfred C. Nicolosi, Chiaki S. Kwok, Stephen J. Contney, Gordon N. Olinger, and Zeljko J. Bosnjak

Gadolinium prevents stretch-mediated contractile dysfunction in isolated papillary muscles
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1122-H1128. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mohamed A. Gaballa, Andrea Eckhart, Walter J. Koch, and Steven Goldman

Vascular -adrenergic receptor system is dysfunctional after myocardial infarction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1129-H1135. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Charlotte Olsson, Bradley M. Palmer, Leslie A. Leinwand, and Russell L. Moore

Gender and aging in a transgenic mouse model of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1136-H1144. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniel M. Bloomfield, Anthony Magnano, J. Thomas Bigger Jr., Harold Rivadeneira, Michael Parides, and Richard C. Steinman

Comparison of spontaneous vs. metronome-guided breathing on assessment of vagal modulation using RR variability
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1145-H1150. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Monira B. Hussain, Raymond J. MacAllister, and Adrian J. Hobbs

Reciprocal regulation of cGMP-mediated vasorelaxation by soluble and particulate guanylate cyclases
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1151-H1159. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Lin, Z. Wang, and D. Fedida

Influence of permeating ions on Kv1.5 channel block by nifedipine
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1160-H1172. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Linda M. King, Robert J. Sidell, James R. Wilding, George K. Radda, and Kieran Clarke

Free fatty acids, but not ketone bodies, protect diabetic rat hearts during low-flow ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1173-H1181. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David O. Arnar, Dezhi Xing, Hon-Chi Lee, and James B. Martins

Prevention of ischemic ventricular tachycardia of Purkinje origin: role for ₂-adrenoceptors in Purkinje?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1182-H1190. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tadashi Yamamura, Hajime Otani, Yoshihisa Nakao, Reiji Hattori, Motohiko Osako, and Hiroji Imamura

IGF-I differentially regulates Bcl-xL and Bax and confers myocardial protection in the rat heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1191-H1200. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshio Sagawa, Manabu Nishio, Kazuko Sagawa, James E. Kelly, Andrew J. Lokuta, John Tsai, Edward Kan, and J. Andrew Wasserstrom

Activation of purified cardiac ryanodine receptors by dihydropyridine agonists
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1201-H1207. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hemal H. Patel, Anna Hsu, and Garrett J. Gross

Cardioprotection is strain dependent in rat in response to whole body hyperthermia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1208-H1214. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kei Miyakoshi, Hitoshi Ishimoto, Osamu Nishimura, Shinji Tanigaki, Mamoru Tanaka, Toyohiko Miyazaki, Michiya Natori, and Yasunori Yoshimura

Role of leukocytes in uterine hypoperfusion and fetal growth retardation induced by ischemia-reperfusion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1215-H1221. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

X. F. Figueroa, A. D. Martínez, D. R. González, P. I. Jara, S. Ayala, and M. P. Boric

In vivo assessment of microvascular nitric oxide production and its relation with blood flow
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1222-H1231. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jianyi Wu, Richard B. Schuessler, Mark D. Rodefeld, Jeffrey E. Saffitz, and John P. Boineau

Morphological and membrane characteristics of spider and spindle cells isolated from rabbit sinus node
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1232-H1240. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. D. Huber, K. A. Witt, S. Hom, R. D. Egleton, K. S. Mark, and T. P. Davis

Inflammatory pain alters blood-brain barrier permeability and tight junctional protein expression
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1241-H1248. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zhenhai Yao, Bradley C. McPherson, Huiping Liu, Zuohui Shao, Changqing Li, Yimin Qin, Terry L. Vanden Hoek, Lance B. Becker, and Paul T. Schumacker

Signal transduction of flumazenil-induced preconditioning in myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1249-H1255. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kelly L. Karau, Gary S. Krenz, and Christopher A. Dawson

Branching exponent heterogeneity and wall shear stress distribution in vascular trees
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1256-H1263. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chuanfu Li, Race L. Kao, Tuanzhu Ha, Jim Kelley, I. William Browder, and David L. Williams

Early activation of IKK during in vivo myocardial ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1264-H1271. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

K. A. Dora, C. J. Garland, H. Y. Kwan, and X. Yao

Endothelial cell protein kinase G inhibits release of EDHF through a PKG-sensitive cation channel
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1272-H1277. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ting C. Zhao, Denise S. Hines, and Rakesh C. Kukreja

Adenosine-induced late preconditioning in mouse hearts: role of p38 MAP kinase and mitochondrial K_ATP channels
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1278-H1285. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carlos Eduardo Negrão, Maria Urbana P. Brandão Rondon, Taís Tinucci, Maria Janieire N. Alves, Fabiana Roveda, Ana Maria W. Braga, Soraya F. Reis, Luciano Nastari, Antonio Carlos P. Barretto, Eduardo M. Krieger, and Holly R. Middlekauff

Abnormal neurovascular control during exercise is linked to heart failure severity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1286-H1292. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Muriel Vayssier-Taussat, Tura Camilli, Yolande Aron, Catherine Meplan, Pierre Hainaut, Barbara S. Polla, and Babette Weksler

Effects of tobacco smoke and benzo[a]pyrene on human endothelial cell and monocyte stress responses
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1293-H1300. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ulrik Wisløff, Jan Helgerud, Ole Johan Kemi, and Øyvind Ellingsen

Intensity-controlled treadmill running in rats: O_{2 max} and cardiac hypertrophy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1301-H1310. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David A. Welsh, Benoit P. H. Guery, Bennett P. Deboisblanc, Elizabeth P. Dobard, Colette Creusy, Donald Mercante, Steve Nelson, Warren R. Summer, and Carol M. Mason

Keratinocyte growth factor attenuates hydrostatic pulmonary edema in an isolated, perfused rat lung model
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1311-H1317. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jing Zhang and Frans H. H. Leenen

AT₁ receptor blockers prevent sympathetic hyperactivity and hypertension by chronic ouabain and hypertonic saline
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1318-H1323. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrew D. H. Clark, Joanne M. Youd, Stephen Rattigan, Eugene J. Barrett, and Michael G. Clark

Heterogeneity of laser Doppler flowmetry in perfused muscle indicative of nutritive and nonnutritive flow
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1324-H1333. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Angus K. Nightingale, Philip P. James, Jayne Morris-Thurgood, Fraser Harrold, Richard Tong, Simon K. Jackson, John R. Cockcroft, and Michael P. Frenneaux

Evidence against oxidative stress as mechanism of endothelial dysfunction in methionine loading model
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1334-H1339. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Satoshi Nakatani, Michael S. Firstenberg, Neil L. Greenberg, Pieter M. Vandervoort, Nicholas G. Smedira, Patrick M. McCarthy, and James D. Thomas

Mitral inertance in humans: critical factor in Doppler estimation of transvalvular pressure gradients
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1340-H1345. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ryan M. Fryer, Yigang Wang, Anna K. Hsu, and Garrett J. Gross

Essential activation of PKC- in opioid-initiated cardioprotection
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1346-H1353. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christina M. Spofford and William M. Chilian

The elastin-laminin receptor functions as a mechanotransducer in vascular smooth muscle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1354-H1360. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Akira Ido, Naoyuki Hasebe, Hironobu Matsuhashi, and Kenjiro Kikuchi

Coronary sinus occlusion enhances coronary collateral flow and reduces subendocardial ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1361-H1367. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shunsuke Suzuki, Junichi Araki, Yumiko Doi, Waso Fujinaka, Hitoshi Minami, Gentaro Iribe, Satoshi Mohri, Juichiro Shimizu, Masahisa Hirakawa, and Hiroyuki Suga

Coupling interval from slow to tachycardiac pacing decides sustained alternans pattern
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1368-H1375. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kish L. Golden, Jun Ren, Jessica O'Connor, Andrea Dean, Stephen E. DiCarlo, and James D. Marsh

In vivo regulation of Na/Ca exchanger expression by adrenergic effectors
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1376-H1382. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P. J. Fadel, S. Ogoh, D. E. Watenpaugh, W. Wasmund, A. Olivencia-Yurvati, M. L. Smith, and P. B. Raven

Carotid baroreflex regulation of sympathetic nerve activity during dynamic exercise in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1383-H1390. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

F. A. J. L. Scheer, G. J. Ter Horst, J. van der Vliet, and R. M. Buijs

Physiological and anatomic evidence for regulation of the heart by suprachiasmatic nucleus in rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1391-H1399. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sirkku M. Pikkujämsä, Timo H. Mäkikallio, K. E. Juhani Airaksinen, and Heikki V. Huikuri

Determinants and interindividual variation of R-R interval dynamics in healthy middle-aged subjects
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1400-H1406. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Karel Rakusan, N. Cicutti, and F. Kolar

Effect of anemia on cardiac function, microvascular structure, and capillary hematocrit in rat hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1407-H1414. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Peter Kometiani, Amir Askari, Jiang Liu, Zijian Xie, and Frederick K. Askari

Downregulation of cardiac myocyte Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase by adenovirus-mediated expression of an -subunit fragment
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1415-H1421. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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Justin Hulvershorn, Cynthia Gallant, C.-L. Albert Wang, Chantal Dessy, and Kathleen G. Morgan

Calmodulin levels are dynamically regulated in living vascular smooth muscle cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001 280: H1422-H1426. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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