EDITORIAL:

William Lewis

Defective mitochondrial DNA replication and NRTIs: pathophysiological implications in AIDS cardiomyopathy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H1-H9, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00814.2002 [Full Text]  

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

Jean G. F. Bronzwaer, Christophe Heymes, Cees A. Visser, and Walter J. Paulus

Myocardial fibrosis blunts nitric oxide synthase-related preload reserve in human dilated cardiomyopathy
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H10-H16, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00401.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

Cezar Staniloae, Andreas J. Schwab, André Simard, Richard Gallo, Ihor Dyrda, Gilbert Gosselin, Jacques Lespérance, James W. Ryan, and Jocelyn Dupuis

In vivo measurement of coronary circulation angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H17-H22, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00452.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wei Li, Kuniyoshi Tanaka, Yukio Chiba, Tetsuya Kimura, Kouichi Morioka, Takahiko Uesaka, Akio Ihaya, Masato Sasaki, Takeshi Tsuda, and Narihisa Yamada

Role of MMPs and plasminogen activators in angiogenesis after transmyocardial laser revascularization in dogs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H23-H30, 2003. First published September 5, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00240.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wei-Jun Cai, Sophie Koltai, Elisabeth Kocsis, Dimitri Scholz, Sawa Kostin, Xuegang Luo, Wolfgang Schaper, and Jutta Schaper

Remodeling of the adventitia during coronary arteriogenesis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H31-H40, 2003. First published August 29, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00478.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

P. Pignatelli, L. Lenti, V. Sanguigni, G. Frati, I. Simeoni, P. P. Gazzaniga, F. M. Pulcinelli, and F. Violi

Carnitine inhibits arachidonic acid turnover, platelet function, and oxidative stress
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H41-H48, 2003. First published September 5, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00249.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Johanna Jansen, Petra Gres, Christian Umschlag, Frank R. Heinzel, Heike Degenhardt, Klaus-Dieter Schlüter, Gerd Heusch, and Rainer Schulz

Parathyroid hormone-related peptide improves contractile function of stunned myocardium in rats and pigs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H49-H55, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01037.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ares D. Pasipoularides, Ming Shu, Michael S. Womack, Ashish Shah, Olaf von Ramm, and Donald D. Glower

RV functional imaging: 3-D echo-derived dynamic geometry and flow field simulations
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H56-H65, 2003. First published September 12, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00577.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ken Hirata, Tao-Sheng Li, Masahiko Nishida, Hiroshi Ito, Masunori Matsuzaki, Shunji Kasaoka, and Kimikazu Hamano

Autologous bone marrow cell implantation as therapeutic angiogenesis for ischemic hindlimb in diabetic rat model
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H66-H70, 2003. First published September 19, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00547.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xiaoyan Li, Glenna C. L. Bett, Xuejun Jiang, Vladimir E. Bondarenko, Michael J. Morales, and Randall L. Rasmusson

Regulation of N- and C-type inactivation of Kv1.4 by pH_o and K⁺: evidence for transmembrane communication
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H71-H80, 2003. First published August 29, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00392.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ann L. Baldwin, Elizabeth B. Wiley, Amber G. Summers, and Abdu I. Alayash

Sodium selenite reduces hemoglobin-induced venular leakage in the rat mesentery
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H81-H91, 2003. First published September 26, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00562.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jerome W. Breslin, Peter J. Pappas, Joaquim J. Cerveira, Robert W. Hobson, II, and Walter N. Durán

VEGF increases endothelial permeability by separate signaling pathways involving ERK-1/2 and nitric oxide
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H92-H100, 2003. First published September 12, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00330.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Amanda L. Jagolino and William M. Armstead

PTK, MAPK, and NOC/oFQ impair hypercapnic cerebrovasodilation after hypoxia/ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H101-H107, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00457.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

H. Degens, A. J. Gilde, M. Lindhout, P. H. M. Willemsen, G. J. van der Vusse, and M. van Bilsen

Functional and metabolic adaptation of the heart to prolonged thyroid hormone treatment
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H108-H115, 2003. First published August 29, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00282.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zhen Li, Masaru Iwai, Lan Wu, Tetsuya Shiuchi, Toyohisa Jinno, Tai-Xing Cui, and Masatsugu Horiuchi

Role of AT₂ receptor in the brain in regulation of blood pressure and water intake
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H116-H121, 2003. First published September 5, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00515.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Catalin F. Baicu, Jason D. Stroud, Virginia A. Livesay, Elizabeth Hapke, Jennifer Holder, Francis G. Spinale, and Michael R. Zile

Changes in extracellular collagen matrix alter myocardial systolic performance
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H122-H132, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00233.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alyson J. Prorock, Ali Hafezi-Moghadam, Victor E. Laubach, James K. Liao, and Klaus Ley

Vascular protection by estrogen in ischemia-reperfusion injury requires endothelial nitric oxide synthase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H133-H140, 2003. First published September 5, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00957.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Terry L. Vanden Hoek, Yimin Qin, Kim Wojcik, Chang-Qing Li, Zuo-Hui Shao, Travis Anderson, Lance B. Becker, and Kimm J. Hamann

Reperfusion, not simulated ischemia, initiates intrinsic apoptosis injury in chick cardiomyocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H141-H150, 2003. First published October 10, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00132.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bernard A. Coert, Robert E. Anderson, and Fredric B. Meyer

Is neuroprotective efficacy of nNOS inhibitor 7-NI dependent on ischemic intracellular pH?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H151-H159, 2003. First published September 19, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00580.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

G. E. Lash, B. E. McLaughlin, S. K. MacDonald-Goodfellow, G. N. Smith, J. F. Brien, G. S. Marks, K. Nakatsu, and C. H. Graham

Relationship between tissue damage and heme oxygenase expression in chorionic villi of term human placenta
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H160-H167, 2003. First published September 26, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00738.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Christine Chiello Tracy, Candido Cabo, James Coromilas, Junko Kurokawa, Robert S. Kass, and Andrew L. Wit

Electrophysiological consequences of human I_Ks channel expression in adult murine heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H168-H175, 2003. First published September 19, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00661.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James D. Stockand and J. Gary Meszaros

Aldosterone stimulates proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts by activating Ki-RasA and MAPK1/2 signaling
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H176-H184, 2003. First published September 5, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00421.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yong Woo Lee, Bernhard Hennig, and Michal Toborek

Redox-regulated mechanisms of IL-4-induced MCP-1 expression in human vascular endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H185-H192, 2003. First published September 26, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00524.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James N. Tsoporis, Alexander Marks, Linda J. Van Eldik, David O'Hanlon, and Thomas G. Parker

Regulation of the S100B gene by ₁-adrenergic stimulation in cardiac myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H193-H203, 2003. First published September 5, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00161.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rafael Rubio and Guillermo Ceballos

Sole activation of three luminal adenosine receptor subtypes in different parts of coronary vasculature
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H204-H214, 2003. First published September 19, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00068.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Meetha Medhora, John Daniels, Kavita Mundey, Beate Fisslthaler, Rudi Busse, Elizabeth R. Jacobs, and David R. Harder

Epoxygenase-driven angiogenesis in human lung microvascular endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H215-H224, 2003. First published September 26, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.01118.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Xue-Qian Zhang, Anwer Qureshi, Jianliang Song, Lois L. Carl, Qiang Tian, Richard C. Stahl, David J. Carey, Lawrence I. Rothblum, and Joseph Y. Cheung

Phospholemman modulates Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchange in adult rat cardiac myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H225-H233, 2003. First published September 26, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00698.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ana Carolina Rodrigues Dias, Eduardo Colombari, and Steven W. Mifflin

Effect of nitric oxide on excitatory amino acid-evoked discharge of neurons in NTS
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H234-H240, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00037.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Matthias Nahrendorf, Kai Hu, Daniela Fraccarollo, Karl-Heinz Hiller, Axel Haase, Wolfgang R. Bauer, and Georg Ertl

Time course of right ventricular remodeling in rats with experimental myocardial infarction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H241-H248, 2003. First published September 12, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00537.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Masaaki Yashima, Young-Hoon Kim, Sean Armin, Tsu-Juey Wu, Yasushi Miyauchi, William J. Mandel, Peng-Sheng Chen, and Hrayr S. Karagueuzian

On the mechanism of the probabilistic nature of ventricular defibrillation threshold
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H249-H255, 2003. First published September 26, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00742.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jixin Wang, Kimberly Della Penna, Hao Wang, Jerzy Karczewski, Thomas M. Connolly, Kenneth S. Koblan, Paul B. Bennett, and Joseph J. Salata

Functional and pharmacological properties of canine ERG potassium channels
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H256-H267, 2003. First published October 3, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00220.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Charles Steenbergen, Cynthia A. Afshari, John G. Petranka, Jennifer Collins, Karla Martin, Lee Bennett, Astrid Haugen, Pierre Bushel, and Elizabeth Murphy

Alterations in apoptotic signaling in human idiopathic cardiomyopathic hearts in failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H268-H276, 2003. First published September 26, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00707.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Steven P. Jones, Michaela R. Hoffmeyer, Brent R. Sharp, Ye-Shih Ho, and David J. Lefer

Role of intracellular antioxidant enzymes after in vivo myocardial ischemia and reperfusion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H277-H282, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00236.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arzu Onay Besikci, Fiona M. Campbell, Teresa A. Hopkins, Jason R. B. Dyck, and Gary D. Lopaschuk

Relative importance of malonyl CoA and carnitine in maturation of fatty acid oxidation in newborn rabbit heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H283-H289, 2003. First published September 5, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00461.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Luni Chen, Hao He, Enrique Fernandez Mondejar, and Göran Hedenstierna

Cyclooxygenase inhibitor blocks rebound response after NO inhalation in an endotoxin model
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H290-H298, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00535.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gilles Lebuffe, Paul T. Schumacker, Zuo-Hui Shao, Travis Anderson, Hirotoro Iwase, and Terry L. Vanden Hoek

ROS and NO trigger early preconditioning: relationship to mitochondrial K_ATP channel
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H299-H308, 2003. First published September 26, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00706.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Rebecca W. Carter and Nancy L. Kanagy

Mechanism of enhanced calcium sensitivity and ₂-AR vasoreactivity in chronic NOS inhibition hypertension
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H309-H316, 2003. First published September 19, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00453.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Chandrakala Menon, Malini Iyer, Indira Prabakaran, Robert J. Canter, Shannon C. Lehr, and Douglas L. Fraker

TNF- downregulates vascular endothelial Flk-1 expression in human melanoma xenograft model
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H317-H329, 2003. First published September 19, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00971.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jennifer M. Gordon, Gregory J. Dusting, Owen L. Woodman, and Rebecca H. Ritchie

Cardioprotective action of CRF peptide urocortin against simulated ischemia in adult rat cardiomyocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H330-H336, 2003. First published September 19, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.01121.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. R. Falck, U. Murali Krishna, Y. Krishna Reddy, P. Srinagesh Kumar, K. Malla Reddy, Sarah B. Hittner, Christine Deeter, Kamalesh K. Sharma, Kathryn M. Gauthier, and William B. Campbell

Comparison of vasodilatory properties of 14,15-EET analogs: structural requirements for dilation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H337-H349, 2003. First published September 19, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00831.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hersh S. Maniar, Sunil M. Prasad, Sydney L. Gaynor, Celeste M. Chu, Paul Steendijk, and Marc R. Moon

Impact of pericardial restraint on right atrial mechanics during acute right ventricular pressure load
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H350-H357, 2003. First published September 12, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00444.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Karl-Heinz Huemer, Gerhard Garhöfer, Claudia Zawinka, Elisabeth Golestani, Brigitte Litschauer, Leopold Schmetterer, and Guido T. Dorner

Effects of dopamine on human retinal vessel diameter and its modulation during flicker stimulation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H358-H363, 2003. First published September 26, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00642.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Esther E. J. M. Creemers, Jeniffer N. Davis, Andrea M. Parkhurst, Peter Leenders, Kathryn B. Dowdy, Elizabeth Hapke, Anne M. Hauet, Patricia G. Escobar, Jack P. M. Cleutjens, Jos F. M. Smits, Mat J. A. P. Daemen, Michael R. Zile, and Francis G. Spinale

Deficiency of TIMP-1 exacerbates LV remodeling after myocardial infarction in mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H364-H371, 2003. First published September 26, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00511.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Candido Cabo and Penelope A. Boyden

Electrical remodeling of the epicardial border zone in the canine infarcted heart: a computational analysis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H372-H384, 2003. First published September 19, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00512.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

John C. Teeters, Cauveh Erami, Hua Zhang, and James E. Faber

Systemic _1A-adrenoceptor antagonist inhibits neointimal growth after balloon injury of rat carotid artery
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H385-H392, 2003. First published September 19, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00658.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jason G. Murphy, Jason N. Herrington, Joey P. Granger, and Raouf A. Khalil

Enhanced [Ca²⁺]_i in renal arterial smooth muscle cells of pregnant rats with reduced uterine perfusion pressure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H393-H403, 2003. First published September 12, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00247.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Toru Kawada, Yusuke Yanagiya, Kazunori Uemura, Tadayoshi Miyamoto, Can Zheng, Meihua Li, Masaru Sugimachi, and Kenji Sunagawa

Input-size dependence of the baroreflex neural arc transfer characteristics
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H404-H415, 2003. First published September 26, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00319.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS:

Helge Wiig, Knut Aukland, and Olav Tenstad

Isolation of interstitial fluid from rat mammary tumors by a centrifugation method
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H416-H424, 2003. First published September 12, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00327.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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