CALL FOR PAPERS:

Keith L. March and Brian H. Johnstone

Cellular approaches to tissue repair in cardiovascular disease: the more we know, the more there is to learn
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H458-H463, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00343.2004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emerson Lopes Olivares, Vanessa P. Ribeiro, João P. S. Werneck de Castro, Karla C. Ribeiro, Elisabete C. Mattos, Regina C. S. Goldenberg, José G. Mill, Hans F. Dohmann, Ricardo Ribeiro dos Santos, Antonio C. Campos de Carvalho, and Masako Oya Masuda

Bone marrow stromal cells improve cardiac performance in healed infarcted rat hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H464-H470, 2004. First published March 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01141.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Denice M. Hodgson, Atta Behfar, Leonid V. Zingman, Garvan C. Kane, Carmen Perez-Terzic, Alexey E. Alekseev, Michel Pucéat, and Andre Terzic

Stable benefit of embryonic stem cell therapy in myocardial infarction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H471-H479, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01247.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiao Wu, Elena Rabkin-Aikawa, Kristine J. Guleserian, Tjorvi E. Perry, Yutaka Masuda, Fraser W. H. Sutherland, Frederick J. Schoen, John E. Mayer, Jr., and Joyce Bischoff

Tissue-engineered microvessels on three-dimensional biodegradable scaffolds using human endothelial progenitor cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H480-H487, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01232.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naoichiro Hattan, David Warltier, Weidong Gu, Christopher Kolz, William M. Chilian, and Dorothee Weihrauch

Autologous vascular smooth muscle cell-based myocardial gene therapy to induce coronary collateral growth
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H488-H493, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00145.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dragan Jevremovic, Rajiv Gulati, Ivo Hennig, Rosa Maria Diaz, Caroline Cole, Laurel Kleppe, Francois Loic Cosset, Robert D. Simari, and Richard G. Vile

Use of blood outgrowth endothelial cells as virus-producing vectors for gene delivery to tumors
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H494-H500, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00064.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jingbo Liu, Qingsong Hu, Zongli Wang, Chengsu Xu, Xiaohong Wang, Guangrong Gong, Abdul Mansoor, Joseph Lee, Mingxiao Hou, Lepeng Zeng, John R. Zhang, Michael Jerosch-Herold, Tao Guo, Robert J. Bache, and Jianyi Zhang

Autologous stem cell transplantation for myocardial repair
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H501-H511, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00019.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rajiv Gulati, Dragan Jevremovic, Tyra A. Witt, Laurel S. Kleppe, Richard G. Vile, Amir Lerman, and Robert D. Simari

Modulation of the vascular response to injury by autologous blood-derived outgrowth endothelial cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H512-H517, 2004. First published April 8, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00063.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benjamin Hibbert, Yong-Xiang Chen, and Edward R. O'Brien

c-kit-Immunopositive vascular progenitor cells populate human coronary in-stent restenosis but not primary atherosclerotic lesions
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H518-H524, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00002.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. D. Schuster, A. A. Kocher, T. Seki, T. P. Martens, G. Xiang, S. Homma, and S. Itescu

Myocardial neovascularization by bone marrow angioblasts results in cardiomyocyte regeneration
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H525-H532, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00058.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL MEDICAL EDITORIALS:

Ernesto L. Schiffrin and Rhian M. Touyz

From bedside to bench to bedside: role of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in remodeling of resistance arteries in hypertension
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H435-H446, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00262.2004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

INVITED REVIEW:

Steven B. Feinstein

The powerful microbubble: from bench to bedside, from intravascular indicator to therapeutic delivery system, and beyond
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H450-H457, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00134.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIAL:

Douglas Curran-Everett and Dale J. Benos

Guidelines for reporting statistics in journals published by the American Physiological Society
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H447-H449, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00478.2004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

K. S. Bandali, M. P. Belanger, and C. Wittnich

Hyperoxia causes oxygen free radical-mediated membrane injury and alters myocardial function and hemodynamics in the newborn
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H553-H559, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00657.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

Ge-Xin Wang, Cian McCrudden, Yan-Ping Dai, Burton Horowitz, Joseph R. Hume, and Ilia A. Yamboliev

Hypotonic activation of volume-sensitive outwardly rectifying chloride channels in cultured PASMCs is modulated by SGK
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H533-H544, 2004. First published April 15, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00228.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shane A. Phillips, Ines Drenjancevic-Peric, Jefferson C. Frisbee, and Julian H. Lombard

Chronic AT₁ receptor blockade alters mechanisms mediating responses to hypoxia in rat skeletal muscle resistance arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H545-H552, 2004. First published March 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01098.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Brennan Harris, Michele A. Blackstone, Sarika G. Sood, Chunying Li, Jonathan M. Goolsby, Virginia J. Venema, Bruce E. Kemp, and Richard C. Venema

Acute activation and phosphorylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H560-H566, 2004. First published April 15, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00214.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diego López, Xavier Orta, Kelly Casós, M. Puy Sáiz, Pere Puig-Parellada, Mireia Farriol, and M. Teresa Mitjavila

Upregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in rat aorta after ingestion of fish oil-rich diet
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H567-H572, 2004. First published April 1, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01145.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yingbi Zhou, Wessel P. Dirksen, Jay L. Zweier, and Muthu Periasamy

Endothelin-1-induced responses in isolated mouse vessels: the expression and function of receptor types
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H573-H578, 2004. First published April 8, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01170.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dirk Cysarz, Dietrich von Bonin, Helmut Lackner, Peter Heusser, Maximilian Moser, and Henrik Bettermann

Oscillations of heart rate and respiration synchronize during poetry recitation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H579-H587, 2004. First published April 8, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01131.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiangduan Li, Greg G. Geary, Rayna J. Gonzales, Diana N. Krause, and Sue P. Duckles

Effect of estrogen on cerebrovascular prostaglandins is amplified in mice with dysfunctional NOS
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H588-H594, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01176.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sándor Bátkai, Pál Pacher, Zoltán Járai, Jens A. Wagner, and George Kunos

Cannabinoid antagonist SR-141716 inhibits endotoxic hypotension by a cardiac mechanism not involving CB1 or CB2 receptors
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H595-H600, 2004. First published April 1, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00184.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John F. LaDisa, Jr., John G. Krolikowski, Paul S. Pagel, David C. Warltier, and Judy R. Kersten

Cardioprotection by glucose-insulin-potassium: dependence on K_ATP channel opening and blood glucose concentration before ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H601-H607, 2004. First published March 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00122.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph R. H. Mauban and W. Gil Wier

Essential role of EDHF in the initiation and maintenance of adrenergic vasomotion in rat mesenteric arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H608-H616, 2004. First published April 1, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01084.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Videos]  

Christine Lamont and W. Gil Wier

Different roles of ryanodine receptors and inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptors in adrenergically stimulated contractions of small arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H617-H625, 2004. First published April 8, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00708.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zsolt Bagi, Erika Toth, Akos Koller, and Gabor Kaley

Microvascular dysfunction after transient high glucose is caused by superoxide-dependent reduction in the bioavailability of NO and BH₄
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H626-H633, 2004. First published March 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00074.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sander Verheule, Emily Wilson, Smriti Banthia, Thomas H. Everett, IV, Sujata Shanbhag, Haris J. Sih, and Jeffrey Olgin

Direction-dependent conduction abnormalities in a canine model of atrial fibrillation due to chronic atrial dilatation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H634-H644, 2004. First published March 18, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00014.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Videos]  

Samuel C. Lieber, Nadine Aubry, Jayashree Pain, Gissela Diaz, Song-Jung Kim, and Stephen F. Vatner

Aging increases stiffness of cardiac myocytes measured by atomic force microscopy nanoindentation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H645-H651, 2004. First published March 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00564.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qiuming Gong, Corey L. Anderson, Craig T. January, and Zhengfeng Zhou

Pharmacological rescue of trafficking defective HERG channels formed by coassembly of wild-type and long QT mutant N470D subunits
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H652-H658, 2004. First published April 8, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00052.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chunxiang Zhang, Jian Yang, and Lisa K. Jennings

Attenuation of neointima formation through the inhibition of DNA repair enzyme PARP-1 in balloon-injured rat carotid artery
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H659-H666, 2004. First published March 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00162.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amadou K. S. Camara, Qun Chen, Samhita S. Rhodes, Matthias L. Riess, and David F. Stowe

Negative inotropic drugs alter indexes of cytosolic [Ca²⁺]-left ventricular pressure relationships after ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H667-H680, 2004. First published April 1, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01142.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eduardo J. Folco, Gong-Xin Liu, and Gideon Koren

Caveolin-3 and SAP97 form a scaffolding protein complex that regulates the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.5
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H681-H690, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00152.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julia Kolodjaschna, Fatmire Berisha, Solveig Lung, Georg Schaller, Elzbieta Polska, Bernd Jilma, Michael Wolzt, and Leopold Schmetterer

LPS-induced microvascular leukocytosis can be assessed by blue-field entoptic phenomenon
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H691-H694, 2004. First published March 11, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01240.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vito M. Campese, Shaohua Ye, Huiqin Zhong, Vijay Yanamadala, Zhong Ye, and Josephine Chiu

Reactive oxygen species stimulate central and peripheral sympathetic nervous system activity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H695-H703, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00619.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Waschke, D. Drenckhahn, R. H. Adamson, and F. E. Curry

Role of adhesion and contraction in Rac 1-regulated endothelial barrier function in vivo and in vitro
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H704-H711, 2004. First published March 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01076.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qining Qin, Xi-Ming Yang, Lin Cui, Stuart D. Critz, Michael V. Cohen, Natasha C. Browner, Thomas M. Lincoln, and James M. Downey

Exogenous NO triggers preconditioning via a cGMP- and mitoK_ATP-dependent mechanism
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H712-H718, 2004. First published March 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00954.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Melissa R. Dent, Naranjan S. Dhalla, and Paramjit S. Tappia

Phospholipase C gene expression, protein content, and activities in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure due to volume overload
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H719-H727, 2004. First published April 8, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01107.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Grossman, F. H. Wilhelm, and M. Spoerle

Respiratory sinus arrhythmia, cardiac vagal control, and daily activity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H728-H734, 2004. First published January 29, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00825.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Afsana Momen, Urs A. Leuenberger, Brian Handly, and Lawrence I. Sinoway

Effect of aging on renal blood flow velocity during static exercise
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H735-H740, 2004. First published March 11, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00959.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Baojian Xue, Karl Skala, Timothy A. Jones, and Meredith Hay

Diminished baroreflex control of heart rate responses in otoconia-deficient C57BL/6JEi head tilt mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H741-H747, 2004. First published April 1, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01023.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey J. Olearczyk, Alan H. Stephenson, Andrew J. Lonigro, and Randy S. Sprague

NO inhibits signal transduction pathway for ATP release from erythrocytes via its action on heterotrimeric G protein G_i
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H748-H754, 2004. First published April 8, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00161.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Borut Kirn and Vito Starc

Contraction wave in axial direction in free wall of guinea pig left ventricle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H755-H759, 2004. First published April 1, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01053.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nozomu Fujii, Takashi Nozawa, Akihiko Igawa, Bun-ichi Kato, Norio Igarashi, Makoto Nonomura, Hidetsugu Asanoi, Shusaku Tazawa, Minoru Inoue, and Hiroshi Inoue

Saturated glucose uptake capacity and impaired fatty acid oxidation in hypertensive hearts before development of heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H760-H766, 2004. First published March 18, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00734.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jwari Ahn, Jasmina Varagic, Michel Slama, Dinko Susic, and Edward D. Frohlich

Cardiac structural and functional responses to salt loading in SHR
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H767-H772, 2004. First published April 1, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00047.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhong Zhang, Kristie Rhinehart, Whaseon Kwon, Edward Weinman, and Thomas L. Pallone

ANG II signaling in vasa recta pericytes by PKC and reactive oxygen species
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H773-H781, 2004. First published April 8, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01135.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. V. Smirnova, M. Kajstura, T. Sawamura, and M. S. Goligorsky

Asymmetric dimethylarginine upregulates LOX-1 in activated macrophages: role in foam cell formation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H782-H790, 2004. First published March 11, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00822.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph Francis, Zhi-Hua Zhang, Robert M. Weiss, and Robert B. Felder

Neural regulation of the proinflammatory cytokine response to acute myocardial infarction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H791-H797, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00099.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julian M. Stewart, Marvin A. Medow, Barbara Bassett, and Leslie D. Montgomery

Effects of thoracic blood volume on Valsalva maneuver
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H798-H804, 2004. First published April 1, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01174.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donald D. Lund, Carol A. Gunnett, Yi Chu, Robert M. Brooks, Frank M. Faraci, and Donald D. Heistad

Gene transfer of extracellular superoxide dismutase improves relaxation of aorta after treatment with endotoxin
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H805-H811, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00907.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard H. Kennedy, Richard Owings, Nawal Shekhawat, and Jacob Joseph

Acute negative inotropic effects of homocysteine are mediated via the endothelium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H812-H817, 2004. First published April 8, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01042.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy A. Morris, James J. Marsh, Peter G. Chiles, Craig A. Pedersen, Ronald G. Konopka, Anthony C. Gamst, and Oralia Loza

Embolization itself stimulates thrombus propagation in pulmonary embolism
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H818-H822, 2004. First published March 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01197.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Taresh Taneja, George Horvath, Darlene K. Racker, David Johnson, Jeffrey Goldberger, and Alan Kadish

Is there a correlation between ventricular fibrillation cycle length and electrophysiological and anatomic properties of the canine left ventricle?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H823-H832, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00795.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Theoretical simulation of K⁺-based mechanisms for regulation of capillary perfusion in skeletal muscle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H833-H840, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00139.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Derek J. Hausenloy, Derek M. Yellon, Siva Mani-Babu, and Michael R. Duchen

Preconditioning protects by inhibiting the mitochondrial permeability transition
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H841-H849, 2004. First published April 8, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00678.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurianne van Bever, Serge Poitry, Cécile Faure, Robert I. Norman, Angela Roatti, and Alex J. Baertschi

Pore loop-mutated rat KIR6.1 and KIR6.2 suppress K_ATP current in rat cardiomyocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H850-H859, 2004. First published March 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00054.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tadayoshi Miyamoto, Toru Kawada, Yusuke Yanagiya, Masashi Inagaki, Hiroshi Takaki, Masaru Sugimachi, and Kenji Sunagawa

Cardiac sympathetic nerve stimulation does not attenuate dynamic vagal control of heart rate via -adrenergic mechanism
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H860-H865, 2004. First published March 11, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00752.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mikael Mazighi, Anne Pellé, Walter Gonzalez, El Mostafa Mtairag, Monique Philippe, Dominique Hénin, Jean-Baptiste Michel, and Laurent J. Feldman

IL-10 inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell activation in vitro and in vivo
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H866-H871, 2004. First published April 8, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00918.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne-Louise Hemdahl, Erling Falk, Peter Thorén, and Göran K. Hansson

Thrombin inhibitor reduces myocardial infarction in apoE^–/– x LDLR^–/– mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H872-H877, 2004. First published March 18, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01083.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Michael Grossman, Oscar A. Linares, Mark A. Supiano, Hakan Oral, Rajendra H. Mehta, and Mark R. Starling

Cardiac-specific norepinephrine mass transport and its relationship to left ventricular size and systolic performance
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H878-H888, 2004. First published April 8, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00007.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rui A. Carvalho, Tiago B. Rodrigues, Piyu Zhao, F. Mark H. Jeffrey, Craig R. Malloy, and A. Dean Sherry

A ¹³C isotopomer kinetic analysis of cardiac metabolism: influence of altered cytosolic redox and [Ca²⁺]_o
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H889-H895, 2004. First published March 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00976.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juan Gabriel Barra, Alberto José Crottogini, Peter Willshaw, Elena Catalina Lascano, and Ricardo Horacio Pichel

Contribution of myocardium hydraulic skeleton to left ventricular wall interaction and synergy in dogs
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H896-H904, 2004. First published March 18, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00041.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shigeru Tada and John M. Tarbell

Internal elastic lamina affects the distribution of macromolecules in the arterial wall: a computational study
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H905-H913, 2004. First published March 11, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00647.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iman Momken, Patrick Lechêne, Renée Ventura-Clapier, and Vladimir Veksler

Voluntary physical activity alterations in endothelial nitric oxide synthase knockout mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H914-H920, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00651.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher P. Cheng, Robert J. Herfkens, Amy L. Lightner, Charles A. Taylor, and Jeffrey A. Feinstein

Blood flow conditions in the proximal pulmonary arteries and vena cavae: healthy children during upright cycling exercise
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H921-H926, 2004. First published March 18, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00022.2004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey M. Dodd-o, Laura E. Welsh, Jorge D. Salazar, Peter L. Walinsky, Eric A. Peck, Jay G. Shake, David J. Caparrelli, Roy C. Ziegelstein, Jay L. Zweier, William A. Baumgartner, and David B. Pearse

Effect of NADPH oxidase inhibition on cardiopulmonary bypass-induced lung injury
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H927-H936, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01138.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuel Mayr, Yuen-Li Chung, Ursula Mayr, Emma McGregor, Helen Troy, Gottfried Baier, Michael Leitges, Michael J. Dunn, John R. Griffiths, and Qingbo Xu

Loss of PKC- alters cardiac metabolism
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H937-H945, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00877.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuel Mayr, Bernhard Metzler, Yuen-Li Chung, Emma McGregor, Ursula Mayr, Helen Troy, Yanhua Hu, Michael Leitges, Otmar Pachinger, John R. Griffiths, Michael J. Dunn, and Qingbo Xu

Ischemic preconditioning exaggerates cardiac damage in PKC- null mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H946-H956, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00878.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ines Drenjancevic-Peric and Julian H. Lombard

Introgression of chromosome 13 in Dahl salt-sensitive genetic background restores cerebral vascular relaxation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H957-H962, 2004. First published March 18, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01087.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aurora Brønstad, Ansgar Berg, and Rolf K. Reed

Effects of the taxanes paclitaxel and docetaxel on edema formation and interstitial fluid pressure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H963-H968, 2004. First published April 1, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01052.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shijie Sun, Max Harry Weil, Wanchun Tang, Takashi Kamohara, and Kada Klouche

-Opioid receptor agonist reduces severity of postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H969-H974, 2004. First published March 25, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01171.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shannon L. Lennon, John C. Quindry, Karyn L. Hamilton, Joel P. French, Jeffrey Hughes, Jay L. Mehta, and Scott K. Powers

Elevated MnSOD is not required for exercise-induced cardioprotection against myocardial stunning
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H975-H980, 2004. First published March 18, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01208.2003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

John R. Halliwill and Christopher T. Minson

Measures of Venous Function: Technical Issues and Novelty of Findings
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H981-H981, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00985.2003 [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRIGENDA:

Corrigendum for Cherry EM and Fenton FH. Volume 286/55, June 2004, p. H2332–H2341
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H982-H982, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00463.2004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corrigendum for Zhuang D et al., Volume 286/55, June 2004, p. H2103–H2112
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H983-H983, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00531.2004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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