CALL FOR PAPERS:

Yunhong Zhang, Tae S. Park, and Jeffrey M. Gidday

Hypoxic preconditioning protects human brain endothelium from ischemic apoptosis by Akt-dependent survivin activation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2573-H2581, 2007. First published March 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01098.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIAL FOCUS:

William J. Pearce

Editorial Focus  Cerebrovascular effects of ischemic preconditioning: endothelial survivin joins the fray
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2559-H2560, 2007. First published March 30, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00367.2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michiel J. Janse

Editorial Focus  Focus, reentry, or "focal" reentry?
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2561-H2562, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00167.2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olivier C. Manintveld, Pieter D. Verdouw, and Dirk J. Duncker

Editorial Focus  The RISK of ROCK
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2563-H2565, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00179.2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicholas R. Ferreri

Editorial Focus  Estrogen-TNF interactions and vascular inflammation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2566-H2569, 2007. First published March 9, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00193.2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael A. Hill and Michael J. Davis

Editorial Focus  Coupling a change in intraluminal pressure to vascular smooth muscle depolarization: still stretching for an explanation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2570-H2572, 2007. First published March 23, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00331.2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

Masayuki Kubo, Tao-Sheng Li, Ryo Suzuki, Mako Ohshima, Shu-Lan Qin, and Kimikazu Hamano

Short-term pretreatment with low-dose hydrogen peroxide enhances the efficacy of bone marrow cells for therapeutic angiogenesis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2582-H2588, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00786.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

Stéphane Massé, Eugene Downar, Vijay Chauhan, Elias Sevaptsidis, and Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar

Ventricular fibrillation in myopathic human hearts: mechanistic insights from in vivo global endocardial and epicardial mapping
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2589-H2597, 2007. First published January 26, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01336.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Movies]  

Shabaz A. Hamid, Hugo S. Bower, and Gary F. Baxter

Rho kinase activation plays a major role as a mediator of irreversible injury in reperfused myocardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2598-H2606, 2007. First published January 12, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01393.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dongqi Xing, Wenguang Feng, Andrew P. Miller, Nathaniel M. Weathington, Yiu-Fai Chen, Lea Novak, J. Edwin Blalock, and Suzanne Oparil

Estrogen modulates TNF--induced inflammatory responses in rat aortic smooth muscle cells through estrogen receptor- activation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2607-H2612, 2007. First published January 19, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01107.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott Earley, Stephen V. Straub, and Joseph E. Brayden

Protein kinase C regulates vascular myogenic tone through activation of TRPM4
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2613-H2622, 2007. First published February 9, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01286.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yunlong Huo and Ghassan S. Kassab

A hybrid one-dimensional/Womersley model of pulsatile blood flow in the entire coronary arterial tree
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2623-H2633, 2007. First published January 5, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00987.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rachel J. Jones, David Jourd'heuil, John C. Salerno, Susan M. E. Smith, and Harold A. Singer

iNOS regulation by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in vascular smooth muscle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2634-H2642, 2007. First published February 9, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01247.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

András Tóth, Miklos Pal, Marcos Intaglietta, and Paul C. Johnson

Contribution of anaerobic metabolism to reactive hyperemia in skeletal muscle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2643-H2653, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00207.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin D. Luykenaar and Donald G. Welsh

Activators of the PKA and PKG pathways attenuate RhoA-mediated suppression of the K_DR current in cerebral arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2654-H2663, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01255.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhongqing Zeng, Yongyi Yin, An-Li Huang, Kung-Ming Jan, and David S. Rumschitzki

Macromolecular transport in heart valves. I. Studies of rat valves with horseradish peroxidase
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2664-H2670, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01419.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhongqing Zeng, Yongyi Yin, Kung-Ming Jan, and David S. Rumschitzki

Macromolecular transport in heart valves. II. Theoretical models
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2671-H2686, 2007. First published January 12, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00608.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhongqing Zeng, Patricia Nievelstein-Post, Yongyi Yin, Kung-Ming Jan, Joy S. Frank, and David S. Rumschitzki

Macromolecular transport in heart valves. III. Experiment and theory for the size distribution of extracellular liposomes in hyperlipidemic rabbits
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2687-H2697, 2007. First published January 19, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00606.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lee K. Landeen, Nakon Aroonsakool, Jason H. Haga, Betty S. Hu, and Wayne R. Giles

Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor expression in cardiac fibroblasts is modulated by in vitro culture conditions
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2698-H2711, 2007. First published March 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01065.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leonid Shmuylovich and Sándor J. Kovács

E-wave deceleration time may not provide an accurate determination of LV chamber stiffness if LV relaxation/viscoelasticity is unknown
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2712-H2720, 2007. First published January 12, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01068.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kun L. Ma, Xiong Z. Ruan, Stephen H. Powis, John F. Moorhead, and Zac Varghese

Anti-atherosclerotic effects of sirolimus on human vascular smooth muscle cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2721-H2728, 2007. First published February 23, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01174.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Petra Rocic, Christopher Kolz, Ryan Reed, Barry Potter, and William M. Chilian

Optimal reactive oxygen species concentration and p38 MAP kinase are required for coronary collateral growth
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2729-H2736, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01330.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masahito Kajiya, Masanori Hirota, Yousuke Inai, Takahiko Kiyooka, Taro Morimoto, Tatsuo Iwasaki, Kousuke Endo, Satoshi Mohri, Juichiro Shimizu, Toyotaka Yada, Yasuo Ogasawara, Keiji Naruse, Tohru Ohe, and Fumihiko Kajiya

Impaired NO-mediated vasodilation with increased superoxide but robust EDHF function in right ventricular arterial microvessels of pulmonary hypertensive rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2737-H2744, 2007. First published January 12, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00548.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Larissa Eiselein, Dennis W. Wilson, Michael W. Lamé, and John C. Rutledge

Lipolysis products from triglyceride-rich lipoproteins increase endothelial permeability, perturb zonula occludens-1 and F-actin, and induce apoptosis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2745-H2753, 2007. First published January 26, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00686.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Fonck, G. Prod'hom, S. Roy, L. Augsburger, D. A. Rüfenacht, and N. Stergiopulos

Effect of elastin degradation on carotid wall mechanics as assessed by a constituent-based biomechanical model
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2754-H2763, 2007. First published January 19, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01108.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liang Zhong, Ru-San Tan, Dhanjoo N. Ghista, Eddie Yin-Kwee Ng, Leok-Poh Chua, and Ghassan S. Kassab

Validation of a novel noninvasive cardiac index of left ventricular contractility in patients
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2764-H2772, 2007. First published January 19, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00540.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Weilin Zhou, Basil O. Ibe, and J. Usha Raj

Platelet-activating factor induces ovine fetal pulmonary venous smooth muscle cell proliferation: role of epidermal growth factor receptor transactivation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2773-H2781, 2007. First published February 23, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01018.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert M. Gill, Julian C. Braz, Najia Jin, Gary J. Etgen, and Weiqun Shen

Restoration of impaired endothelium-dependent coronary vasodilation in failing heart: role of eNOS phosphorylation and CGMP/cGK-I signaling
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2782-H2790, 2007. First published February 23, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00831.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael D. Banas, Sunil Baldwa, Gen Suzuki, John M. Canty, Jr., and James A. Fallavollita

Determinants of contractile reserve in viable, chronically dysfunctional myocardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2791-H2797, 2007. First published January 19, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01384.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David G. Ingram, Sean C. Newcomer, Elmer M. Price, Kevin E. Eklund, Richard M. McAllister, and M. Harold Laughlin

Chronic nitric oxide synthase inhibition blunts endothelium-dependent function of conduit coronary arteries, not arterioles
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2798-H2808, 2007. First published January 26, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00899.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zoran B. Popovic, Carlos Benejam, Jing Bian, Niladri Mal, Jeannie Drinko, Kwangdeok Lee, Farhad Forudi, Rachel Reeg, Neil L. Greenberg, James D. Thomas, and Marc S. Penn

Speckle-tracking echocardiography correctly identifies segmental left ventricular dysfunction induced by scarring in a rat model of myocardial infarction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2809-H2816, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01176.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]  

Jacqueline A. Flewitt, Tracy N. Hobson, Jiun Wang, Jr., Clifton R. Johnston, Nigel G. Shrive, Israel Belenkie, Kim H. Parker, and John V. Tyberg

Wave intensity analysis of left ventricular filling: application of windkessel theory
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2817-H2823, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00936.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shinichiro Koide, Masahiro Okazaki, Masahito Tamura, Kiyoshi Ozumi, Hiroyuki Takatsu, Fumihiko Kamezaki, Akihide Tanimoto, Hiromi Tasaki, Yasuyuki Sasaguri, Yasuhide Nakashima, and Yutaka Otsuji

PTEN reduces cuff-induced neointima formation and proinflammatory cytokines
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2824-H2831, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01221.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nico H. L. Kuijpers, Huub M. M. ten Eikelder, Peter H. M. Bovendeerd, Sander Verheule, Theo Arts, and Peter A. J. Hilbers

Mechanoelectric feedback leads to conduction slowing and block in acutely dilated atria: a modeling study of cardiac electromechanics
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2832-H2853, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00923.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leonid M. Livshitz and Yoram Rudy

Regulation of Ca²⁺ and electrical alternans in cardiac myocytes: role of CAMKII and repolarizing currents
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2854-H2866, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01347.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Javier A. Sala-Mercado, Masashi Ichinose, Robert L. Hammond, Tomoko Ichinose, Marco Pallante, Larry W. Stephenson, Donal S. O'Leary, and Ferdinando Iellamo

Muscle metaboreflex attenuates spontaneous heart rate baroreflex sensitivity during dynamic exercise
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2867-H2873, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00043.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Britta N. Torgrimson, Jessica R. Meendering, Paul F. Kaplan, and Christopher T. Minson

Endothelial function across an oral contraceptive cycle in women using levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2874-H2880, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00762.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yixin Shou, Kung-ming Jan, and David S. Rumschitzki

Transport in rat vessel walls. II. Macromolecular leakage and focal spot size growth in rat arteries and veins
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2881-H2890, 2007. First published January 5, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00575.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yochai Birnbaum, Yu Lin, Yumei Ye, Juan D. Martinez, Ming-He Huang, Charles Y. Lui, Jose R Perez-Polo, and Barry F. Uretsky

Aspirin before reperfusion blunts the infarct size limiting effect of atorvastatin
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2891-H2897, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01269.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erol Saygili, Obaida R. Rana, Esra Saygili, Hannes Reuter, Konrad Frank, Robert H. G. Schwinger, Jochen Müller-Ehmsen, and Carsten Zobel

Losartan prevents stretch-induced electrical remodeling in cultured atrial neonatal myocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2898-H2905, 2007. First published February 9, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00546.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Pia Gallo, Renzo Levi, Roberta Ramella, Alessia Brero, Ombretta Boero, Bruno Tota, and Giuseppe Alloatti

Endothelium-derived nitric oxide mediates the antiadrenergic effect of human vasostatin-1 in rat ventricular myocardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2906-H2912, 2007. First published February 9, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01253.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qiang Shi, Gene B. Hubbard, Rampratap S. Kushwaha, David Rainwater, Charles A. Thomas, III, M. Michelle Leland, John L. VandeBerg, and Xing L. Wang

Endothelial senescence after high-cholesterol, high-fat diet challenge in baboons
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2913-H2920, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01405.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Z. Zhu, P. A. Hofmann, and J. K. Buolamwini

Cardioprotective effects of novel tetrahydroisoquinoline analogs of nitrobenzylmercaptopurine riboside in an isolated perfused rat heart model of acute myocardial infarction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2921-H2926, 2007. First published February 9, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01191.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kelly Schultz, Vanishree Murthy, Jeffrey B. Tatro, and Debbie Beasley

Endogenous interleukin-1 promotes a proliferative and proinflammatory phenotype in human vascular smooth muscle cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2927-H2934, 2007. First published February 9, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00700.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniele Torella, Antonio Curcio, Cosimo Gasparri, Valentina Galuppo, Daniela De Serio, Francesca C. Surace, Anna Lucia Cavaliere, Angelo Leone, Carmela Coppola, Georgina M. Ellison, and Ciro Indolfi

Fludarabine prevents smooth muscle proliferation in vitro and neointimal hyperplasia in vivo through specific inhibition of STAT-1 activation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2935-H2943, 2007. First published February 9, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00887.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher K. Means, Chun-Yang Xiao, Zhuangjie Li, Tong Zhang, Jeffrey H. Omens, Isao Ishii, Jerold Chun, and Joan H. Brown

Sphingosine 1-phosphate S1P₂ and S1P₃ receptor-mediated Akt activation protects against in vivo myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2944-H2951, 2007. First published February 9, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01331.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matt M. Riordan and Sándor J. Kovács

Absence of diastolic mitral annular oscillations is a marker for relaxation-related diastolic dysfunction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2952-H2958, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01356.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarmina Hassan, Irma M. Sainz, Mohammad M. Khan, Harlan N. Bradford, Irma Isordia-Salas, Sakeen W. Kashem, R. Balfour Sartor, and Robert W. Colman

Antithrombotic activity of kininogen is mediated by inhibitory effects of domain 3 during arterial injury in vivo
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2959-H2965, 2007. First published February 9, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00730.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Søren Møller, Jens S. Iversen, Jens H. Henriksen, and Flemming Bendtsen

Reduced baroreflex sensitivity in alcoholic cirrhosis: relations to hemodynamics and humoral systems
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2966-H2972, 2007. First published February 9, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01227.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hong Zhao, John Quilley, David C. Montrose, Swarna Rajagopalan, Qizhi Guan, and Carolyn J. Smith

Differential effects of phosphodiesterase PDE-3/PDE-4-specific inhibitors on vasoconstriction and cAMP-dependent vasorelaxation following balloon angioplasty
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2973-H2981, 2007. First published February 9, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00419.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jun-Te Hsu, Ya-Ching Hsieh, Wen Hong Kan, Jian Guo Chen, Mashkoor A. Choudhry, Martin G. Schwacha, Kirby I. Bland, and Irshad H. Chaudry

Role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in estrogen-mediated cardioprotection following trauma-hemorrhage
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2982-H2987, 2007. First published February 9, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01303.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio Crisafulli, Enrico Salis, Filippo Tocco, Franco Melis, Raffaele Milia, Gianluigi Pittau, Marcello A. Caria, Roberto Solinas, Luigi Meloni, Pasquale Pagliaro, and Alberto Concu

Impaired central hemodynamic response and exaggerated vasoconstriction during muscle metaboreflex activation in heart failure patients
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2988-H2996, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00008.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lili Ding, Alexander Chapman, Ryan Boyd, and Hui Di Wang

ERK activation contributes to regulation of spontaneous contractile tone via superoxide anion in isolated rat aorta of angiotensin II-induced hypertension
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H2997-H3005, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00388.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zahra Ghorishi, Jay M. Milstein, Francis R. Poulain, Anita Moon-Grady, Theresa Tacy, Stephen H. Bennett, Jeffery R. Fineman, and Marlowe W. Eldridge

Shear stress paradigm for perinatal fractal arterial network remodeling in lambs with pulmonary hypertension and increased pulmonary blood flow
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3006-H3018, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01012.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aaron J. Trask, David B. Averill, Detlev Ganten, Mark C. Chappell, and Carlos M. Ferrario

Primary role of angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 in cardiac production of angiotensin-(1–7) in transgenic Ren-2 hypertensive rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3019-H3024, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01198.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frans H. H. Leenen, Anne Fourney, Elizabeth Coletta, and Roselyn White

Effects of hypertension on cardiovascular responses to epinephrine in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3025-H3031, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01200.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mozow Yusof, Kazuhiro Kamada, F. Spencer Gaskin, and Ronald J. Korthuis

Angiotensin II mediates postischemic leukocyte-endothelial interactions: role of calcitonin gene-related peptide
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3032-H3037, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01210.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael D. Rozier, Vincent J. Zata, and Mary L. Ellsworth

Lactate interferes with ATP release from red blood cells
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3038-H3042, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01238.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven Poelzing and Rengasayee Veeraraghavan

Heterogeneous ventricular chamber response to hypokalemia and inward rectifier potassium channel blockade underlies bifurcated T wave in guinea pig
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3043-H3051, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01312.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sanjiv Gupta and A. A. Knowlton

HSP60 trafficking in adult cardiac myocytes: role of the exosomal pathway
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3052-H3056, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01355.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory L. Brower, Scott P. Levick, and Joseph S. Janicki

Inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase activity by ACE inhibitors prevents left ventricular remodeling in a rat model of heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3057-H3064, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00447.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julia Giger, Anqi X. Qin, Paul W. Bodell, Kenneth M. Baldwin, and Fadia Haddad

Activity of the -myosin heavy chain antisense promoter responds to diabetes and hypothyroidism
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3065-H3071, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01224.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Dalsgaard, Ulf Simonsen, and Angela Fago

Nitrite-dependent vasodilation is facilitated by hypoxia and is independent of known NO-generating nitrite reductase activities
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3072-H3078, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01298.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Caroline A. Cobine, Brid P. Callaghan, and Kathleen D. Keef

Role of L-type calcium channels and PKC in active tone development in rabbit coronary artery
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3079-H3088, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01261.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ray B. Huffaker, James N. Weiss, and Boris Kogan

Effects of early afterdepolarizations on reentry in cardiac tissue: a simulation study
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3089-H3102, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01309.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Saiprasad M. Zemse, Rob H. P. Hilgers, and R. Clinton Webb

Interleukin-10 counteracts impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation induced by ANG II in murine aortic rings
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3103-H3108, 2007. First published February 23, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00456.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ruchi Sharma, Wei Wang, John C. Rasmussen, Amit Joshi, Jessica P. Houston, Kristen E. Adams, Arlin Cameron, Shi Ke, Sunkuk Kwon, Michel E. Mawad, and Eva M. Sevick-Muraca

Quantitative imaging of lymph function
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3109-H3118, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01223.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Videos and Figures]  

Scott A. Spier, Michael D. Delp, John N. Stallone, James M. Dominguez, II, and Judy M. Muller-Delp

Exercise training enhances flow-induced vasodilation in skeletal muscle resistance arteries of aged rats: role of PGI₂ and nitric oxide
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3119-H3127, 2007. First published March 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00588.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey S. Garanich, Rishi A. Mathura, Zhong-Dong Shi, and John M. Tarbell

Effects of fluid shear stress on adventitial fibroblast migration: implications for flow-mediated mechanisms of arterialization and intimal hyperplasia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3128-H3135, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00578.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karla Carvajal, Elham Zarrinpashneh, Ondrej Szarszoi, Frederic Joubert, Yoni Athea, Philippe Mateo, Brigitte Gillet, Sophie Vaulont, Benoit Viollet, Xavier Bigard, Luc Bertrand, Renée Ventura-Clapier, and Jacqueline A. Hoerter

Dual cardiac contractile effects of the ₂-AMPK deletion in low-flow ischemia and reperfusion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3136-H3147, 2007. First published March 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00683.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nanfeng Sun, Nigel B. Wood, Alun D. Hughes, Simon A. M. Thom, and X. Yun Xu

Effects of transmural pressure and wall shear stress on LDL accumulation in the arterial wall: a numerical study using a multilayered model
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3148-H3157, 2007. First published February 2, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01281.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aliaksandr Bulhak, Joy Roy, Ulf Hedin, Per-Ove Sjöquist, and John Pernow

Cardioprotective effect of rosuvastatin in vivo is dependent on inhibition of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate and altered RhoA membrane translocation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3158-H3163, 2007. First published February 23, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01354.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David K. Glover, Mirta Ruiz, Kazuya Takehana, Frank D. Petruzella, Jayson M. Rieger, Timothy L. Macdonald, Denny D. Watson, Joel Linden, and George A. Beller

Cardioprotection by adenosine A_2A agonists in a canine model of myocardial stunning produced by multiple episodes of transient ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3164-H3171, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00743.2005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthias Nahrendorf, Cristian Badea, Laurence W. Hedlund, Jose-Luiz Figueiredo, David E. Sosnovik, G. Allan Johnson, and Ralph Weissleder

High-resolution imaging of murine myocardial infarction with delayed-enhancement cine micro-CT
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3172-H3178, 2007. First published February 23, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01307.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Videos]  

Ed W. Childs, Binu Tharakan, Felicia A. Hunter, John H. Tinsley, and Xiaobo Cao

Apoptotic signaling induces hyperpermeability following hemorrhagic shock
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3179-H3189, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01337.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga C. Colgan, Gail Ferguson, Nora T. Collins, Ronan P. Murphy, Gerardeane Meade, Paul A. Cahill, and Philip M. Cummins

Regulation of bovine brain microvascular endothelial tight junction assembly and barrier function by laminar shear stress
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3190-H3197, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01177.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY:

Nathaniel D. Kirkpatrick, Stylianos Andreou, James B. Hoying, and Urs Utzinger

Live imaging of collagen remodeling during angiogenesis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3198-H3206, 2007. First published February 16, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01234.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Videos]  

CORRIGENDUM:

Corrigendum
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H3207-H3207, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.zh4-7540-corr.2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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