INVITED REVIEWS:

Garrett J. Gross and Jason N. Peart

K_ATP channels and myocardial preconditioning: an update
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H921-H930, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00421.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

Tao-Sheng Li, Kimikazu Hamano, Masahiko Nishida, Masanori Hayashi, Hiroshi Ito, Akihito Mikamo, and Masunori Matsuzaki

CD117⁺ stem cells play a key role in therapeutic angiogenesis induced by bone marrow cell implantation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H931-H937, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01146.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

ARTICLES:

Reda E. Girgis, Dechun Li, Xinhua Zhan, Joe G. N. Garcia, Rubin M. Tuder, Paul M. Hassoun, and Roger A. Johns

Attenuation of chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension by simvastatin
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H938-H945, 2003. First published May 15, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01097.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Junjie Chen, Sheng-Kwei Song, Wei Liu, Mark McLean, J. Stacy Allen, Jie Tan, Samuel A. Wickline, and Xin Yu

Remodeling of cardiac fiber structure after infarction in rats quantified with diffusion tensor MRI
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H946-H954, 2003. First published May 22, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00889.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Arthur Lo, Andrew J. Fuglevand, and Timothy W. Secomb

Oxygen delivery to skeletal muscle fibers: effects of microvascular unit structure and control mechanisms
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H955-H963, 2003. First published May 8, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00278.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Thomas C. Tung, Kiyohiro Oshima, Guanggen Cui, Hillel Laks, and Luyi Sen

Dual upregulation of Fas and Bax promotes alloreactive T cell apoptosis in IL-10 gene targeting of cardiac allografts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H964-H973, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00976.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ivani Credidio Trombetta, Luciana T. Batalha, Maria Urbana P. B. Rondon, Mateus Camaroti Laterza, Fátima H. S. Kuniyoshi, Márcia M. G. Gowdak, Antonio Carlos P. Barretto, Alfredo Halpern, Sandra M. F. Villares, and Carlos Eduardo Negrão

Weight loss improves neurovascular and muscle metaboreflex control in obesity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H974-H982, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01090.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Soochan Bae, Yuhui Xiao, Guohu Li, Carlos A. Casiano, and Lubo Zhang

Effect of maternal chronic hypoxic exposure during gestation on apoptosis in fetal rat heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H983-H990, 2003. First published May 15, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00005.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Graciela B. Sala-Newby, Nicola V. E. Freeman, Maria A. Curto, and Andrew C. Newby

Metabolic and functional consequences of cytosolic 5'-nucleotidase-IA overexpression in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H991-H998, 2003. First published May 15, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00053.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marisol Ruiz-Meana, David Garcia-Dorado, Pilar Pina, Javier Inserte, Luis Agulló, and Jordi Soler-Soler

Cariporide preserves mitochondrial proton gradient and delays ATP depletion in cardiomyocytes during ischemic conditions
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H999-H1006, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00035.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Axel Linke, Gong Zhao, Fabio A. Recchia, Jeffrey Williams, Xiaobin Xu, and Thomas H. Hintze

Shift in metabolic substrate uptake by the heart during development of alloxan-induced diabetes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1007-H1014, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00528.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alexandra Adler, Eric Messina, Ben Sherman, Zipping Wang, Harer Huang, Axel Linke, and Thomas H. Hintze

NAD(P)H oxidase-generated superoxide anion accounts for reduced control of myocardial O₂ consumption by NO in old Fischer 344 rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1015-H1022, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01047.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

L. Lawrenson, J. G. Poole, J. Kim, C. Brown, P. Patel, and R. S. Richardson

Vascular and metabolic response to isolated small muscle mass exercise: effect of age
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1023-H1031, 2003. First published May 8, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00135.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Zhiping Cao, Lijuan Liu, and Donna M. Van Winkle

Activation of - and -opioid receptors by opioid peptides protects cardiomyocytes via K_ATP channels
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1032-H1039, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01004.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mark W. Gorman, Kayoko Ogimoto, Margaret V. Savage, Kenneth A. Jacobson, and Eric O. Feigl

Nucleotide coronary vasodilation in guinea pig hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1040-H1047, 2003. First published May 22, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00981.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Miroslaw Brys, Clive M. Brown, Harald Marthol, Renate Franta, and Max J. Hilz

Dynamic cerebral autoregulation remains stable during physical challenge in healthy persons
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1048-H1054, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00062.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Adel B. Elmoselhi, Anton Lukas, Petr Ostadal, and Naranjan S. Dhalla

Preconditioning attenuates ischemia-reperfusion-induced remodeling of Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase in hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1055-H1063, 2003. First published May 22, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00865.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

S. Bertuglia and A. Giusti

Microvascular oxygenation, oxidative stress, NO suppression and superoxide dismutase during postischemic reperfusion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1064-H1071, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00124.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shu Q. Liu, Dalin Tang, Christopher Tieche, and Paul K. Alkema

Pattern formation of vascular smooth muscle cells subject to nonuniform fluid shear stress: mediation by gradient of cell density
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1072-H1080, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01009.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shu Q. Liu, Christopher Tieche, Dalin Tang, and Paul Alkema

Pattern formation of vascular smooth muscle cells subject to nonuniform fluid shear stress: role of PDGF- receptor and Src
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1081-H1090, 2003. First published May 8, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00434.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

David E. Gutstein, Stephan B. Danik, Jedd B. Sereysky, Gregory E. Morley, and Glenn I. Fishman

Subdiaphragmatic murine electrophysiological studies: sequential determination of ventricular refractoriness and arrhythmia induction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1091-H1096, 2003. First published May 15, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00100.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Trine Fischer Pedersen, Olaf B. Paulson, Arne Høj Nielsen, and Svend Strandgaard

Effect of nephrectomy and captopril on autoregulation of cerebral blood flow in rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1097-H1104, 2003. First published May 15, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00098.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Bin Tian, Jian Liu, Peter Bitterman, and Robert J. Bache

Angiotensin II modulates nitric oxide-induced cardiac fibroblast apoptosis by activation of AKT/PKB
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1105-H1112, 2003. First published May 22, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01139.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nolan L. Boyd, Heonyong Park, Hong Yi, Yong Chool Boo, George P. Sorescu, Michelle Sykes, and Hanjoong Jo

Chronic shear induces caveolae formation and alters ERK and Akt responses in endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1113-H1122, 2003. First published May 22, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00302.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jian-Mei Li, Lampson M. Fan, Ajay Shah, and Gavin Brooks

Targeting v3 and 51 for gene delivery to proliferating VSMCs: synergistic effect of TGF-1
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1123-H1131, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00103.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Laxmansa C. Katwa

Cardiac myofibroblasts isolated from the site of myocardial infarction express endothelin de novo
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1132-H1139, 2003. First published May 8, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01141.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Claudio Contaldo, Sören Schramm, Reto Wettstein, Hiromi Sakai, Shinji Takeoka, Eishun Tsuchida, Michael Leunig, Andrej Banic, and Dominique Erni

Improved oxygenation in ischemic hamster flap tissue is correlated with increasing hemodilution with Hb vesicles and their O₂ affinity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1140-H1147, 2003. First published May 8, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00285.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pierluigi Carratu, Massroor Pourcyrous, Alex Fedinec, Charles W. Leffler, and Helena Parfenova

Endogenous heme oxygenase prevents impairment of cerebral vascular functions caused by seizures
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1148-H1157, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00091.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Atsunori Kamiya, Daisaku Michikami, Qi Fu, Satoshi Iwase, Junichiro Hayano, Toru Kawada, Tadaaki Mano, and Kenji Sunagawa

Pathophysiology of orthostatic hypotension after bed rest: paradoxical sympathetic withdrawal
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1158-H1167, 2003. First published April 24, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00965.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ritu Chatrath, Karen L. Ronningen, Sandra R. Severson, Peter LaBreche, Muthuvel Jayachandran, Margarita P. Bracamonte, and Virginia M. Miller

Endothelium-dependent responses in coronary arteries are changed with puberty in male pigs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1168-H1176, 2003. First published May 8, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00029.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yi Zhang, Colleen Forster, Teresa A. Milner, and Costantino Iadecola

Attenuation of activity-induced increases in cerebellar blood flow by lesion of the inferior olive
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1177-H1182, 2003. First published May 15, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00240.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Karel J. Zuzak, Mark T. Gladwin, Richard O. Cannon, III, and Ira W. Levin

Imaging hemoglobin oxygen saturation in sickle cell disease patients using noninvasive visible reflectance hyperspectral techniques: effects of nitric oxide
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1183-H1189, 2003. First published June 5, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00243.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sunita Srivastava, Ronald L. Terjung, and H. T. Yang

Basic fibroblast growth factor increases collateral blood flow in spontaneously hypertensive rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1190-H1197, 2003. First published May 22, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00280.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Said, L. Vittone, C. Mundiña-Weilenmann, P. Ferrero, E. G. Kranias, and A. Mattiazzi

Role of dual-site phospholamban phosphorylation in the stunned heart: insights from phospholamban site-specific mutants
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1198-H1205, 2003. First published May 22, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00209.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kim van der Zander, Alphons J. H. M. Houben, Leo Hofstra, Abraham A. Kroon, and Peter W. de Leeuw

Hemodynamic and renal effects of low-dose brain natriuretic peptide infusion in humans: a randomized, placebo-controlled crossover study
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1206-H1212, 2003. First published May 8, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00085.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hongwei Li, Qiang Chai, David D. Gutterman, and Yanping Liu

Elevated glucose impairs cAMP-mediated dilation by reducing K_v channel activity in rat small coronary smooth muscle cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1213-H1219, 2003. First published May 22, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00226.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

W. Glen Pyle, Yi Chen, and Polly A. Hofmann

Cardioprotection through a PKC-dependent decrease in myofilament ATPase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1220-H1228, 2003. First published May 22, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00076.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shunji Hayashidani, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Masaki Ikeuchi, Tetsuya Shiomi, Hidenori Matsusaka, Toru Kubota, Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida, Takeshi Itoh, and Akira Takeshita

Targeted deletion of MMP-2 attenuates early LV rupture and late remodeling after experimental myocardial infarction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1229-H1235, 2003. First published May 29, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00207.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Massimiliano Zaniboni, Pawel Swietach, Alessandra Rossini, Taku Yamamoto, Kenneth W. Spitzer, and Richard D. Vaughan-Jones

Intracellular proton mobility and buffering power in cardiac ventricular myocytes from rat, rabbit, and guinea pig
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1236-H1246, 2003. First published May 15, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00277.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Afsana Momen, Urs A. Leuenberger, Chester A. Ray, Susan Cha, Brian Handly, and Lawrence I. Sinoway

Renal vascular responses to static handgrip: role of muscle mechanoreflex
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1247-H1253, 2003. First published May 15, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00214.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. Laemmel, E. Bonnardel-Phu, X. Hou, J. Seror, and E. Vicaut

Interaction between nitric oxide and prostanoids in arterioles of rat cremaster muscle in vivo
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1254-H1260, 2003. First published May 1, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00839.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ping Hu, Dongfang Zhang, LeAnne Swenson, Gopa Chakrabarti, E. Dale Abel, and Sheldon E. Litwin

Minimally invasive aortic banding in mice: effects of altered cardiomyocyte insulin signaling during pressure overload
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1261-H1269, 2003. First published May 8, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00108.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Yuji Ishibashi, Masaru Takahashi, Yukihisa Isomatsu, Fei Qiao, Yoshihiro Iijima, Hirokazu Shiraishi, Janet M. Simsic, Catalin F. Baicu, Jeffrey Robbins, Michael R. Zile, and George Cooper, IV

Role of microtubules versus myosin heavy chain isoforms in contractile dysfunction of hypertrophied murine cardiocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1270-H1285, 2003. First published May 15, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00654.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alejandro N. Mazzadi, Xavier André-Fouët, Jérôme Duisit, Véronique Gebuhrer, Nicolas Costes, Philippe Chevalier, Claire Rodriguez, Jean-Jacques Schott, Hervé Le Marec, Pascale Guicheney, Didier Le Bars, and Marc Janier

Cardiac retention of [¹¹C]HED in genotyped long QT patients: a potential amplifier role for severity of the disease
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1286-H1293, 2003. First published May 29, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00276.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Delphine Rousseau, Cécile Héliès-Toussaint, Daniel Moreau, Daniel Raederstorff, and Alain Grynberg

Dietary n-3 PUFAs affect the blood pressure rise and cardiac impairments in a hyperinsulinemia rat model in vivo
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1294-H1302, 2003. First published January 9, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00651.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael R. Kellen and James B. Bassingthwaighte

An integrative model of coupled water and solute exchange in the heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1303-H1316, 2003. First published August 8, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00933.2001 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael R. Kellen and James B. Bassingthwaighte

Transient transcapillary exchange of water driven by osmotic forces in the heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1317-H1331, 2003. First published May 8, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00587.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

M. Farias K. Jackson, D. Yoshishige, and J. L. Caffrey

Bimodal -opioid receptors regulate vagal bradycardia in canine sinoatrial node
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1332-H1339, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00353.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

J. K. Choate and R. Feldman

Neuronal control of heart rate in isolated mouse atria
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1340-H1346, 2003. First published May 8, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01119.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jin Han, Nari Kim, Hyun Joo, and Euiyong Kim

Ketamine blocks Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels in rabbit cerebral arterial smooth muscle cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1347-H1355, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00194.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sonia Velez-Roa, Baktybek Kojonazarov, Agnieszka Ciarka, Pascal Godart, Robert Naeije, Virend K. Somers, and Philippe van de Borne

Dobutamine potentiates arterial chemoreflex sensitivity in healthy normal humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1356-H1361, 2003. First published May 15, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.01126.2002 [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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Errata for vol. 284, p. H283
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1362-H1362, 2003; 10.1152/ajpheart.00512.2003 [Full Text]  

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