CALL FOR PAPERS:

Donna H. Korzick, John C. Kostyak, J. Craig Hunter, and Kurt W. Saupe

Local delivery of PKC-activating peptide mimics ischemic preconditioning in aged hearts through GSK-3 but not F₁-ATPase inactivation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2056-H2063, 2007. First published August 3, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00403.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liliya M. Yamaleyeva, Karl D. Pendergrass, Nancy T. Pirro, Patricia E. Gallagher, Leanne Groban, and Mark C. Chappell

Ovariectomy is protective against renal injury in the high-salt-fed older mRen2.Lewis rat
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2064-H2071, 2007. First published July 13, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00427.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ali Bouallegue, Grace Bou Daou, and Ashok K. Srivastava

Nitric oxide attenuates endothelin-1-induced activation of ERK1/2, PKB, and Pyk2 in vascular smooth muscle cells by a cGMP-dependent pathway
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2072-H2079, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01097.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. M. Sholook, J. S. Gilbert, M. H. Sedeek, M. Huang, R. L. Hester, and J. P. Granger

Systemic hemodynamic and regional blood flow changes in response to chronic reductions in uterine perfusion pressure in pregnant rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2080-H2084, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00667.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yifan Chen, Adam Pearlman, Zaiming Luo, and Christopher S. Wilcox

Hydrogen peroxide mediates a transient vasorelaxation with tempol during oxidative stress
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2085-H2092, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00968.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INVITED REVIEW:

Shawna A. Cooper, Adam Whaley-Connell, Javad Habibi, Yongzhong Wei, Guido Lastra, Camila Manrique, Sameer Stas, and James R. Sowers

Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and oxidative stress in cardiovascular insulin resistance
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2009-H2023, 2007. First published June 22, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00522.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles Antzelevitch

Role of spatial dispersion of repolarization in inherited and acquired sudden cardiac death syndromes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2024-H2038, 2007. First published June 22, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00355.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sergei N. Orlov and Alexander A. Mongin

Salt-sensing mechanisms in blood pressure regulation and hypertension
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2039-H2053, 2007. First published August 10, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00325.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIAL FOCUS:

Zhilin Qu and James N. Weiss

The chicken or the egg? Voltage and calcium dynamics in the heart
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2054-H2055, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00830.2007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY:

Ying-Xian Shi, Ying Chen, Yi-Zhun Zhu, Guo-Ying Huang, Philip Keith Moore, Shan-Hong Huang, Tai Yao, and Yi-Chun Zhu

Chronic sodium hydrosulfide treatment decreases medial thickening of intramyocardial coronary arterioles, interstitial fibrosis, and ROS production in spontaneously hypertensive rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2093-H2100, 2007. First published July 13, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00088.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meijing Wang, Wenjun Zhang, Paul Crisostomo, Troy Markel, Kirstan K. Meldrum, Xin Y. Fu, and Daniel R. Meldrum

Endothelial STAT3 plays a critical role in generalized myocardial proinflammatory and proapoptotic signaling
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2101-H2108, 2007. First published August 3, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00125.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARTICLES:

Peter N. Jordan and David J. Christini

Characterizing the contribution of voltage- and calcium-dependent coupling to action potential stability: implications for repolarization alternans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2109-H2118, 2007. First published June 22, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00609.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xue-Han Ning, Emil Y. Chi, Norman E. Buroker, Shi-Han Chen, Cheng-Su Xu, Ying-Tzang Tien, Outi M. Hyyti, Ming Ge, and Michael A. Portman

Moderate hypothermia (30°C) maintains myocardial integrity and modifies response of cell survival proteins after reperfusion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2119-H2128, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00123.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mahmood Khan, Vijay Kumar Kutala, Deepti S. Vikram, Sheik Wisel, Simi M. Chacko, M. Lakshmi Kuppusamy, Iyyapu K. Mohan, Jay L. Zweier, Pawel Kwiatkowski, and Periannan Kuppusamy

Skeletal myoblasts transplanted in the ischemic myocardium enhance in situ oxygenation and recovery of contractile function
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2129-H2139, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00677.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Cristina Vinci, Lydia Bellik, Sandra Filippi, Fabrizio Ledda, and Astrid Parenti

Trophic effects induced by _1D-adrenoceptors on endothelial cells are potentiated by hypoxia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2140-H2147, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00390.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katrin Birkenmeier, Alexander Staudt, Wolf-Hagen Schunck, Irka Janke, Corina Labitzke, Thomas Prange, Christiane Trimpert, Thomas Krieg, Martin Landsberger, Verena Stangl, and Stephan B. Felix

COX-2-dependent and potentially cardioprotective effects of negative inotropic substances released after ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2148-H2154, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00074.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas H. Kunz, Michelle Scott, Lars M. Ittner, Jan A. Fischer, Walter Born, and Johannes Vogel

Calcitonin gene-related peptide-evoked sustained tachycardia in calcitonin receptor-like receptor transgenic mice is mediated by sympathetic activity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2155-H2160, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00629.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julian M. Stewart, Marvin S. Medow, Christopher T. Minson, and Indu Taneja

Cutaneous neuronal nitric oxide is specifically decreased in postural tachycardia syndrome
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2161-H2167, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00600.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott A. Grandy, Véronique Trépanier-Boulay, and Céline Fiset

Postnatal development has a marked effect on ventricular repolarization in mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2168-H2177, 2007. First published August 3, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00521.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philipp A. Kaufmann, Ornella E. Rimoldi, Tomaso Gnecchi-Ruscone, Thomas F. Luscher, and Paolo G. Camici

Systemic nitric oxide synthase inhibition improves coronary flow reserve to adenosine in patients with significant stenoses
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2178-H2182, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01292.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renan J. Sandoval, Elisha R. Injeti, William T. Gerthoffer, and William J. Pearce

Postnatal maturation modulates relationships among cytosolic Ca²⁺, myosin light chain phosphorylation, and contractile tone in ovine cerebral arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2183-H2192, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00647.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Holly D. Bauser-Heaton and H. Glenn Bohlen

Cerebral microvascular dilation during hypotension and decreased oxygen tension: a role for nNOS
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2193-H2201, 2007. First published July 13, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00190.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shigehiko Ogoh, James P. Fisher, Peter B. Raven, and Paul J. Fadel

Arterial baroreflex control of muscle sympathetic nerve activity in the transition from rest to steady-state dynamic exercise in humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2202-H2209, 2007. First published August 3, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00708.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohanraj Rajesh, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Sándor Bátkai, György Haskó, Lucas Liaudet, John W. Huffman, Anna Csiszar, Zoltan Ungvari, Ken Mackie, Subroto Chatterjee, and Pál Pacher

CB₂-receptor stimulation attenuates TNF--induced human endothelial cell activation, transendothelial migration of monocytes, and monocyte-endothelial adhesion
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2210-H2218, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00688.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dehuang Guo, Tiffany Nguyen, Mourad Ogbi, Huda Tawfik, Guochun Ma, Qilin Yu, Robert W. Caldwell, and John A. Johnson

Protein kinase C- coimmunoprecipitates with cytochrome oxidase subunit IV and is associated with improved cytochrome-c oxidase activity and cardioprotection
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2219-H2230, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01306.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aaron H. Bubolz, Qingping Wu, Brandon T. Larsen, David D. Gutterman, and Yanping Liu

Ebselen reduces nitration and restores voltage-gated potassium channel function in small coronary arteries of diabetic rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2231-H2237, 2007. First published August 3, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00717.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Li Lin, S. C. Kim, Yin Wang, S. Gupta, B. Davis, S. I. Simon, G. Torre-Amione, and A. A. Knowlton

HSP60 in heart failure: abnormal distribution and role in cardiac myocyte apoptosis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2238-H2247, 2007. First published August 3, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00740.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nancy C. Moss, William E. Stansfield, Monte S. Willis, Ru-Hang Tang, and Craig H. Selzman

IKK inhibition attenuates myocardial injury and dysfunction following acute ischemia-reperfusion injury
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2248-H2253, 2007. First published August 3, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00776.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazunori Uemura, Meihua Li, Takaki Tsutsumi, Toji Yamazaki, Toru Kawada, Atsunori Kamiya, Masashi Inagaki, Kenji Sunagawa, and Masaru Sugimachi

Efferent vagal nerve stimulation induces tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in rabbit
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2254-H2261, 2007. First published August 10, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00490.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jolanta Gutkowska, Malgorzata Miszkurka, Bogdan Danalache, Natig Gassanov, Donghao Wang, and Marek Jankowski

Functional arginine vasopressin system in early heart maturation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2262-H2270, 2007. First published July 13, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01320.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Atsushi Ogino, Genzou Takemura, Hiromitsu Kanamori, Hideshi Okada, Rumi Maruyama, Shusaku Miyata, Masayasu Esaki, Munehiro Nakagawa, Takuma Aoyama, Hiroaki Ushikoshi, Masanori Kawasaki, Shinya Minatoguchi, Takako Fujiwara, and Hisayoshi Fujiwara

Amlodipine inhibits granulation tissue cell apoptosis through reducing calcineurin activity to attenuate postinfarction cardiac remodeling
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2271-H2280, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00303.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. B. Bender and R. E. Klabunde

Altered role of smooth muscle endothelin receptors in coronary endothelin-1 and ₁-adrenoceptor-mediated vasoconstriction in Type 2 diabetes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2281-H2288, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00566.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raman Moradkhan, Patrick McQuillan, Cynthia Hogeman, Andrea Leuenberger, Latoya Linton-Frazier, and Urs A. Leuenberger

Metabolic forearm vasodilation is enhanced following Bier block with phentolamine
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2289-H2295, 2007. First published August 3, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01422.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adey Ayalew-Pervanchon, Delphine Rousseau, Daniel Moreau, Patrick Assayag, Pierre Weill, and Alain Grynberg

Long-term effect of dietary -linolenic acid or decosahexaenoic acid on incorporation of decosahexaenoic acid in membranes and its influence on rat heart in vivo
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2296-H2304, 2007. First published May 25, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00194.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bao-Wei Wang, Huei-Fong Hung, Hang Chang, Peiliang Kuan, and Kou-Gi Shyu

Mechanical stretch enhances the expression of resistin gene in cultured cardiomyocytes via tumor necrosis factor-
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2305-H2312, 2007. First published June 15, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00361.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]  

Megan M. Wenner, William C. Rose, Erin P. Delaney, Michael E. Stillabower, and William B. Farquhar

Influence of plasma osmolality on baroreflex control of sympathetic activity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2313-H2319, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01383.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joon-Young Park, Iain K. G. Farrance, Nicola M. Fenty, James M. Hagberg, Stephen M. Roth, David M. Mosser, Min Qi Wang, HanJoong Jo, Toshihiko Okazaki, Steven R. Brant, and Michael D. Brown

NFKB1 promoter variation implicates shear-induced NOS3 gene expression and endothelial function in prehypertensives and stage I hypertensives
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2320-H2327, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00186.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaomei Guo, Yoram Lanir, and Ghassan S. Kassab

Effect of osmolarity on the zero-stress state and mechanical properties of aorta
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2328-H2334, 2007. First published June 15, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00402.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoshi Koba, Jihong Xing, Lawrence I. Sinoway, and Jianhua Li

Differential sympathetic outflow elicited by active muscle in rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2335-H2343, 2007. First published June 15, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00469.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Annunziata Carluccio, Maria Assunta Ancora, Marika Massaro, Marisa Carluccio, Egeria Scoditti, Alessandro Distante, Carlo Storelli, and Raffaele De Caterina

Homocysteine induces VCAM-1 gene expression through NF-B and NAD(P)H oxidase activation: protective role of Mediterranean diet polyphenolic antioxidants
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2344-H2354, 2007. First published June 22, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00432.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei Zhang, Yi Liu, and Ghassan S. Kassab

Viscoelasticity reduces the dynamic stresses and strains in the vessel wall: implications for vessel fatigue
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2355-H2360, 2007. First published June 29, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00423.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manesh Thomas, Alex Vidal, Syamal K. Bhattacharya, Robert A. Ahokas, Yao Sun, Ivan C. Gerling, and Karl T. Weber

Zinc dyshomeostasis in rats with aldosteronism. Response to spironolactone
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2361-H2366, 2007. First published July 6, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00200.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jon Arne Kro Birkeland, Fredrik Swift, Nils Tovsrud, Ulla Enger, Per Kristian Lunde, Eirik Qvigstad, Finn Olav Levy, Ole M. Sejersted, and Ivar Sjaastad

Serotonin increases L-type Ca²⁺ current and SR Ca²⁺ content through 5-HT₄ receptors in failing rat ventricular cardiomyocytes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2367-H2376, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01375.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi Jiang, Julius M. Guccione, Mark B. Ratcliffe, and Edward W. Hsu

Transmural heterogeneity of diffusion anisotropy in the sheep myocardium characterized by MR diffusion tensor imaging
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2377-H2384, 2007. First published June 29, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00337.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David J. Durgan, Michael W. S. Moore, Ngan P. Ha, Oluwaseun Egbejimi, Anna Fields, Uchenna Mbawuike, Anu Egbejimi, Chad A. Shaw, Molly S. Bray, Vijayalakshmi Nannegari, Diane L. Hickson-Bick, William C. Heird, Jason R. B. Dyck, Margaret P. Chandler, and Martin E. Young

Circadian rhythms in myocardial metabolism and contractile function: influence of workload and oleate
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2385-H2393, 2007. First published July 6, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01361.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables]  

Chantal M. C. Dupasquier, Elena Dibrov, Annette L. Kneesh, Paul K. M. Cheung, Kaitlin G. Y. Lee, Helen K. Alexander, Behzad K. Yeganeh, Mohammed H. Moghadasian, and Grant N. Pierce

Dietary flaxseed inhibits atherosclerosis in the LDL receptor-deficient mouse in part through antiproliferative and anti-inflammatory actions
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2394-H2402, 2007. First published July 6, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01104.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guo-Xing Zhang, Yukiko Nagai, Toshitaka Nakagawa, Hiroshi Miyanaka, Yoshihide Fujisawa, Akira Nishiyama, Kunihiko Izuishi, Koji Ohmori, and Shoji Kimura

Involvement of endogenous nitric oxide in angiotensin II-induced activation of vascular mitogen-activated protein kinases
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2403-H2408, 2007. First published July 6, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00288.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ye Chen-Izu, Christopher W. Ward, Wayne Stark, Jr., Tamas Banyasz, Marius P. Sumandea, C. William Balke, Leighton T. Izu, and Xander H. T. Wehrens

Phosphorylation of RyR₂ and shortening of RyR₂ cluster spacing in spontaneously hypertensive rat with heart failure
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2409-H2417, 2007. First published July 13, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00562.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. A. Hassan Talukder, Anuradha Kalyanasundaram, Xue Zhao, Li Zuo, Poornima Bhupathy, Gopal J. Babu, Arturo J. Cardounel, Muthu Periasamy, and Jay L. Zweier

Expression of SERCA isoform with faster Ca²⁺ transport properties improves postischemic cardiac function and Ca²⁺ handling and decreases myocardial infarction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2418-H2428, 2007. First published July 13, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00663.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tara L. Haas, Jennifer L. Doyle, Matthew R. Distasi, Laura E. Norton, Kevin M. Sheridan, and Joseph L. Unthank

Involvement of MMPs in the outward remodeling of collateral mesenteric arteries
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2429-H2437, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00100.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]  

Robert W. Grauss, Elizabeth M. Winter, John van Tuyn, Daniël A. Pijnappels, Rebecca Vicente Steijn, Bianca Hogers, Rob J. van der Geest, Antoine A. F. de Vries, Paul Steendijk, Arnoud van der Laarse, Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot, Martin J. Schalij, and Douwe E. Atsma

Mesenchymal stem cells from ischemic heart disease patients improve left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2438-H2447, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00365.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yu-an Zhang, Richard A. Tuft, Lawrence M. Lifshitz, Kevin E. Fogarty, Joshua J. Singer, and Hui Zou

Caffeine-activated large-conductance plasma membrane cation channels in cardiac myocytes: characteristics and significance
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2448-H2461, 2007. First published May 4, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00032.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susheel Gundewar, John W. Calvert, John W. Elrod, and David J. Lefer

Cytoprotective effects of N,N,N-trimethylsphingosine during ischemia- reperfusion injury are lost in the setting of obesity and diabetes
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2462-H2471, 2007. First published July 13, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00392.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fuhua Chen, Carlos De Diego, Lai-Hua Xie, Jun-Hai Yang, Thomas S Klitzner, and James N Weiss

Effects of metabolic inhibition on conduction, Ca transients, and arrhythmia vulnerability in embryonic mouse hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2472-H2478, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00359.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Videos]  

Jeffrey G. Williams, Tibisay Rincon-Skinner, Dong Sun, Zipping Wang, Suhua Zhang, Xiaoping Zhang, and Thomas H. Hintze

Role of nitric oxide in the coupling of myocardial oxygen consumption and coronary vascular dynamics during pregnancy in the dog
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2479-H2486, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00036.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter C. Minneci, Katherine J. Deans, Bernie Hansen, Chantal Parent, Chris Romines, Denise A. Gonzales, Sai-Xia Ying, Peter Munson, Anthony F. Suffredini, Jing Feng, Michael A. Solomon, Steven M. Banks, Steven J. Kern, Robert L. Danner, Peter Q. Eichacker, Charles Natanson, and Steven B. Solomon

A canine model of septic shock: balancing animal welfare and scientific relevance
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2487-H2500, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00589.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]  

Aliz Zimmermann, Charles W. Leffler, Dilyara Tcheranova, Alexander L. Fedinec, and Helena Parfenova

Cerebroprotective effects of the CO-releasing molecule CORM-A1 against seizure-induced neonatal vascular injury
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2501-H2507, 2007. First published July 13, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00354.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-Ève Gendron and Eric Thorin

A change in the redox environment and thromboxane A₂ production precede endothelial dysfunction in mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2508-H2515, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00352.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toru Kawada, Toji Yamazaki, Tsuyoshi Akiyama, Meihua Li, Can Zheng, Toshiaki Shishido, Hidezo Mori, and Masaru Sugimachi

Angiotensin II attenuates myocardial interstitial acetylcholine release in response to vagal stimulation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2516-H2522, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00424.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Ray Morrison, Xing Lin Tan, Catherine Ledent, S. Jamal Mustafa, and Polly A. Hofmann

Targeted deletion of A_2A adenosine receptors attenuates the protective effects of myocardial postconditioning
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2523-H2529, 2007. First published August 3, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00612.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jian Huang, Kang-An Cheng, Derek J. Dosdall, William M. Smith, and Raymond E. Ideker

Role of maximum rate of depolarization in predicting action potential duration during ventricular fibrillation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2530-H2536, 2007. First published August 17, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00793.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David W. Stepp, Erika I. Boesen, Jennifer C. Sullivan, James D. Mintz, Clark D. Hair, and David M. Pollock

Obesity augments vasoconstrictor reactivity to angiotensin II in the renal circulation of the Zucker rat
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2537-H2542, 2007. First published August 10, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01081.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ann M. Schreihofer, Daniel A. Mandel, Susan C. Mobley, and David W. Stepp

Impairment of sympathetic baroreceptor reflexes in obese Zucker rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2543-H2549, 2007. First published August 17, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01201.2006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Walter Wray, Steven K. Nishiyama, Anthony J. Donato, Mikael Sander, Peter D. Wagner, and Russell S. Richardson

Endothelin-1-mediated vasoconstriction at rest and during dynamic exercise in healthy humans
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2550-H2556, 2007. First published August 10, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00867.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Sato, Roberto Bolli, Gregg D. Rokosh, Qiuli Bi, Shujing Dai, Gregg Shirk, and Xian-Liang Tang

The cardioprotection of the late phase of ischemic preconditioning is enhanced by postconditioning via a COX-2-mediated mechanism in conscious rats
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2557-H2564, 2007. First published August 17, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00858.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Scott Isbell, Mark T. Gladwin, and Rakesh P. Patel

Hemoglobin oxygen fractional saturation regulates nitrite-dependent vasodilation of aortic ring bioassays
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2565-H2572, 2007. First published August 31, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00759.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Riikka Kivelä, Mika Silvennoinen, Maarit Lehti, Heikki Kainulainen, and Veikko Vihko

Effects of acute exercise, exercise training, and diabetes on the expression of lymphangiogenic growth factors and lymphatic vessels in skeletal muscle
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2573-H2579, 2007. First published August 31, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00126.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catalina Norman, Jack A. Rall, Svetlana B. Tikunova, and Jonathan P. Davis

Modulation of the rate of cardiac muscle contraction by troponin C constructs with various calcium binding affinities
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2580-H2587, 2007. First published August 10, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00039.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrey C. da Costa Gonçalves, Romulo Leite, Rodrigo A. Fraga-Silva, Sergio V. Pinheiro, Augusto B. Reis, Fernando M. Reis, Rhian M. Touyz, R. Clinton Webb, Natalia Alenina, Michael Bader, and Robson A. S. Santos

Evidence that the vasodilator angiotensin-(1–7)-Mas axis plays an important role in erectile function
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2588-H2596, 2007. First published July 6, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00173.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Huguette Louis, Augustine Kakou, Veronique Regnault, Carlos Labat, Aude Bressenot, Jacqueline Gao-Li, Humphrey Gardner, Simon N. Thornton, Pascal Challande, Zhenlin Li, and Patrick Lacolley

Role of ₁₁-integrin in arterial stiffness and angiotensin-induced arterial wall hypertrophy in mice
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2597-H2604, 2007. First published July 27, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00299.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY:

Shahriar Iravanian and David J. Christini

Optical mapping system with real-time control capability
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2605-H2611, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00588.2007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]  

RETRACTION:

Retraction
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2612-H2612, 2007. First published March 30, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00146.2007 [Full Text] [PDF] [Retraction]  

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