SPECIAL MEDICAL EDITORIAL:

Ahmad Shihabi, Wei-Gen Li, Francis J. Miller, Jr., and Neal L. Weintraub

Antioxidant therapy for atherosclerotic vascular disease: the promise and the pitfalls
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H797-H802. [Full Text]  

EDITORIAL:

John E. Hall

The promise of translational physiology
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H803-H804. [Full Text]  

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

Noritsugu Shiono, Vivek Rao, Richard D. Weisel, Muneyasu Kawasaki, Ren-Ke Li, Donald A. G. Mickle, Paul W. M. Fedak, Laura C. Tumiati, Lawrence Ko, and Subodh Verma

L-Arginine protects human heart cells from low-volume anoxia and reoxygenation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H805-H815. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

David W. Stepp and Jefferson C. Frisbee

Augmented adrenergic vasoconstriction in hypertensive diabetic obese Zucker rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H816-H820. Published online November 1, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00695.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sihem Boudina, Muriel N. Laclau, Liliane Tariosse, Danièle Daret, Gérard Gouverneur, Simone Bonoron-Adèle, Valdur A. Saks, and Pierre Dos Santos

Alteration of mitochondrial function in a model of chronic ischemia in vivo in rat heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H821-H831. Published online January 24, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00471.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Annette Rebel, John A. Ulatowski, Karena Joung, Enrico Bucci, Richard J. Traystman, and Raymond C. Koehler

Regional cerebral blood flow in cats with cross-linked hemoglobin transfusion during focal cerebral ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H832-H841. Published online November 8, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00880.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andre Kamkin, Irina Kiseleva, Kay-Dietrich Wagner, Alexander Pylaev, Kate P. Leiterer, Heinz Theres, Holger Scholz, Joachim Günther, and Gerrit Isenberg

A possible role for atrial fibroblasts in postinfarction bradycardia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H842-H849. Published online October 11, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00240.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. Job Faber and Debra F. Anderson

Absorption of amniotic fluid by amniochorion in sheep
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H850-H854. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xiaohong Zhou, Jian Huang, and Raymond E. Ideker

Transmural recording of monophasic action potentials
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H855-H861. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Boaz Ovadia, Janine M. Bekker, Robert K. Fitzgerald, Alexander Kon, Stephan Thelitz, Michael J. Johengen, Karen Hendricks-Munoz, Rene Gerrets, Stephen M. Black, and Jeffrey R. Fineman

Nitric oxide-endothelin-1 interactions after acute ductal constriction in fetal lambs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H862-H871. Published online November 15, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00417.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gary Wright, Ishwar S. Singh, Jeffery D. Hasday, Iain K. Farrance, Gentzon Hall, Allan S. Cross, and Terry B. Rogers

Endotoxin stress-response in cardiomyocytes: NF-B activation and tumor necrosis factor- expression
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H872-H879. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Li-Ming Zhang, Zhiguo Wang, and Stanley Nattel

Effects of sustained -adrenergic stimulation on ionic currents of cultured adult guinea pig cardiomyocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H880-H889. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shun-Guang Wei and Robert B. Felder

Forebrain renin-angiotensin system has a tonic excitatory influence on renal sympathetic nerve activity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H890-H895. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yoshihito Takimoto, Takeshi Aoyama, Yoshitaka Iwanaga, Toshiaki Izumi, Yasuki Kihara, Diane Pennica, and Shigetake Sasayama

Increased expression of cardiotrophin-1 during ventricular remodeling in hypertensive rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H896-H901. Published online November 8, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00591.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Al C. Ngai and H. Richard Winn

Pial arteriole dilation during somatosensory stimulation is not mediated by an increase in CSF metabolites
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H902-H907. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christiana Dimitropoulou, Guichun Han, Allison W. Miller, Mariela Molero, Leslie C. Fuchs, Richard E. White, and Gerald O. Carrier

Potassium (BK_Ca) currents are reduced in microvascular smooth muscle cells from insulin-resistant rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H908-H917. Published online October 25, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00382.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alan Y. H. Wong, Shathiyah Kulandavelu, Kathie J. Whiteley, Dawei Qu, B. Lowell Langille, and S. Lee Adamson

Maternal cardiovascular changes during pregnancy and postpartum in mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H918-H925. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Emiliano A. Palmieri, Giulio Benincasa, Francesca Di Rella, Cosma Casaburi, Maria G. Monti, Giuseppe De Simone, Lorenzo Chiariotti, Lucio Palombini, Carmelo B. Bruni, Luigi Saccà, and Antonio Cittadini

Differential expression of TNF-, IL-6, and IGF-1 by graded mechanical stress in normal rat myocardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H926-H934. Published online November 8, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00436.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Richard S. Vander Heide

Increased expression of HSP27 protects canine myocytes from simulated ischemia-reperfusion injury
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H935-H941. Published online October 11, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00660.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Iveta Bernátová, Olga Pechánová, Pavel Babál, Sona Kyselá, Svetoslav Stvrtina, and Ramaroson Andriantsitohaina

Wine polyphenols improve cardiovascular remodeling and vascular function in NO-deficient hypertension
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H942-H948. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zequan Yang, Rachael J. Cerniway, Anne M. Byford, Stuart S. Berr, Brent A. French, and G. Paul Matherne

Cardiac overexpression of A₁-adenosine receptor protects intact mice against myocardial infarction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H949-H955. Published online November 1, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00741.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ju-Feng Wang, Jielin Zhang, Jiang-Yong Min, Matthew F. Sullivan, Clyde S. Crumpacker, Walter H. Abelmann, and James P. Morgan

Cocaine enhances myocarditis induced by encephalomyocarditis virus in murine model
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H956-H963. Published online November 1, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00648.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

D. P. Holschneider, O. U. Scremin, K. P. Roos, D. R. Chialvo, K. Chen, and J. C. Shih

Increased baroreceptor response in mice deficient in monoamine oxidase A and B
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H964-H972. Published online November 1, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00309.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nobuko Sasano, Alex E. Vesely, Junichiro Hayano, Hiroshi Sasano, Ron Somogyi, David Preiss, Kiyoyuki Miyasaka, Hirotada Katsuya, Steve Iscoe, and Joseph A. Fisher

Direct effect of Pa_CO2 on respiratory sinus arrhythmia in conscious humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H973-H976. Published online November 15, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00554.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chauying J. Jen, Hung-Pin Chan, and Hsiun-Ing Chen

Acute exercise enhances vasorelaxation by modulating endothelial calcium signaling in rat aortas
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H977-H982. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yun You Li, Toshiaki Kadokami, Ping Wang, Charles F. McTiernan, and Arthur M. Feldman

MMP inhibition modulates TNF- transgenic mouse phenotype early in the development of heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H983-H989. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christa Boer, Peter J. W. van der Linden, Gert Jan Scheffer, Nico Westerhof, Jaap J. de Lange, and Pieter Sipkema

RhoA/Rho kinase and nitric oxide modulate the agonist-induced pulmonary artery diameter response time
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H990-H998. Published online November 8, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00093.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zuo-Hui Shao, Terry L. Vanden Hoek, Yimin Qin, Lance B. Becker, Paul T. Schumacker, Chang-Qing Li, Lucy Dey, Eugene Barth, Howard Halpern, Gerald M. Rosen, and Chun-Su Yuan

Baicalein attenuates oxidant stress in cardiomyocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H999-H1006. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thomas Zimmer, Christian Bollensdorff, Volker Haufe, Eckhard Birch-Hirschfeld, and Klaus Benndorf

Mouse heart Na⁺ channels: primary structure and function of two isoforms and alternatively spliced variants
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1007-H1017. Published online November 1, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00644.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Elisa Magosso, Silvio Cavalcanti, and Mauro Ursino

Theoretical analysis of rest and exercise hemodynamics in patients with total cavopulmonary connection
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1018-H1034. Published online November 8, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00231.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eric L. Kilpatrick, Prakash Narayan, Robert M. Mentzer, Jr., and Robert D. Lasley

Cardiac myocyte adenosine A_2a receptor activation fails to alter cAMP or contractility: role of receptor localization
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1035-H1040. Published online November 29, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00808.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Patrick Segers, Nikos Stergiopulos, and Nico Westerhof

Relation of effective arterial elastance to arterial system properties
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1041-H1046. Published online November 23, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00764.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chunlei Han, Pasi Tavi, and Matti Weckström

Modulation of action potential by [Ca²⁺]_i in modeled rat atrial and guinea pig ventricular myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1047-H1054. Published online October 25, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00573.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David P. Dobesh, John P. Konhilas, and Pieter P. de Tombe

Cooperative activation in cardiac muscle: impact of sarcomere length
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1055-H1062. Published online November 15, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00667.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chikaya Omichi, Shengmei Zhou, Moon-Hyoung Lee, Ajay Naik, Che-Ming Chang, Alan Garfinkel, James N. Weiss, Shien-Fong Lin, Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, and Peng-Sheng Chen

Effects of amiodarone on wave front dynamics during ventricular fibrillation in isolated swine right ventricle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1063-H1070. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zhi-Sheng Jiang, Raymond R. Padua, Haisong Ju, Bradley W. Doble, Yan Jin, Jianming Hao, Peter A. Cattini, Ian M. C. Dixon, and Elissavet Kardami

Acute protection of ischemic heart by FGF-2: involvement of FGF-2 receptors and protein kinase C
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1071-H1080. Published online November 15, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00290.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Juichiro Shimizu, Koji Todaka, and Daniel Burkhoff

Load dependence of ventricular performance explained by model of calcium-myofilament interactions
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1081-H1091. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kaoru Yamaoka, Tsunetsugu Yuki, Kayoko Kawase, Makoto Munemori, and Issei Seyama

Temperature-sensitive intracellular Mg²⁺ block of L-type Ca²⁺ channels in cardiac myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1092-H1101. Published online November 1, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00585.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Youhua Zhang, Kent A. Mowrey, Shaowei Zhuang, Don W. Wallick, Zoran B. Popovic, and Todor N. Mazgalev

Optimal ventricular rate slowing during atrial fibrillation by feedback AV nodal-selective vagal stimulation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1102-H1110. Published online November 23, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00738.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wolfgang H. Cerwinka, Dianne Cooper, Christian F. Krieglstein, Martin Feelisch, and D. Neil Granger

Nitric oxide modulates endotoxin-induced platelet-endothelial cell adhesion in intestinal venules
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1111-H1117. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toshio Sagawa, Kazuko Sagawa, James E. Kelly, Robert G. Tsushima, and J. Andrew Wasserstrom

Activation of cardiac ryanodine receptors by cardiac glycosides
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1118-H1126. Published online November 8, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00700.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Liliana G. Bianciotti and Adolfo J. de Bold

Natriuretic peptide gene expression in DOCA-salt hypertension after blockade of type B endothelin receptor
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1127-H1134. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David Schachter and James C. Sang

Aortic leucine-to-glutamate pathway: metabolic route and regulation of contractile responses
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1135-H1148. Published online November 15, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00457.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toru Kawada, Can Zheng, Yusuke Yanagiya, Kazunori Uemura, Tadayoshi Miyamoto, Masashi Inagaki, Toshiaki Shishido, Masaru Sugimachi, and Kenji Sunagawa

High-cut characteristics of the baroreflex neural arc preserve baroreflex gain against pulsatile pressure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1149-H1156. Published online November 15, 2001; 10.1152/ajpheart.00750.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ulrich Grandel, Mathias Reutemann, Ladislau Kiss, Michael Buerke, Ludger Fink, Emmanoyil Bournelis, Martina Heep, Werner Seeger, Friedrich Grimminger, and Ulf Sibelius

Staphylococcal -toxin provokes neutrophil-dependent cardiac dysfunction: role of ICAM-1 and cys-leukotrienes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1157-H1165. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS:

Changxu Song, Thomas M. Vondriska, Guang-Wu Wang, Jon B. Klein, Xinan Cao, Jun Zhang, Y. James Kang, Stanley D'Souza, and Peipei Ping

Molecular conformation dictates signaling module formation: example of PKC and Src tyrosine kinase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1166-H1171. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Eugene M. Renkin, Peter Bentzer, and Per-Olof Grände

Evaluation of Capillary Perfusion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 282: H1172-H1173. [Full Text]  

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