Biochemistry of Hypertrophy and Heart Failure

Front Matter....Pages iii-1
Lysophospholipids do not directly modulate NA + -H + exchange....Pages 3-7
Antioxidant enzyme gene expression in congestive heart failure following myocardial infarction....Pages 9-15
Modulation of cardiac remodeling by adenosine: In vitro and in vivo effects....Pages 17-26
Right ventricular collagen and fibronectin levels in patients with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect....Pages 27-32
A mouse model of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by a α-tropomyosin mutation....Pages 33-42
Analysis of postextrasystolic relaxation response in the human heart....Pages 43-46
Differential effects of calpain inhibitors on hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes....Pages 47-50
Cardiac adaptation to endurance exercise in rats....Pages 51-59
Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors attenuate endotoxemia induced cardiac dysfunction: A potential role for MMP-9....Pages 61-66
Functional and structural characterization of anti-β1-adrenoceptor autoantibodies of spontaneously hypertensive rats....Pages 67-75
Quinapril inhibits progression of heart failure and fibrosis in rats with dilated cardiomyopathy after Myocarditis....Pages 77-82
Calpain-1-dependent degradation of troponin I mutants found in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy....Pages 83-88
Gender mediated cardiac protection from adverse ventricular remodeling is abolished by ovariectomy....Pages 89-95
Protein kinase C isoform-selective signals that lead to cardiac hypertrophy and the progression of heart failure....Pages 97-101
Contractile effects of adenovirally-mediated increases in SERCA2a activity: A comparison between adult rat and rabbit ventricular myocytes....Pages 103-109
Losartan inhibits myosin isoform shift after myocardial infarction in rats....Pages 111-117
Mechanism of cell death of rat cardiac fibroblasts induced by serum depletion....Pages 119-126
Effect of propranolol on cardiac cytokine expression after myocardial infarction in rats....Pages 127-137
Revisiting the surgical creation of volume load by aorto-caval shunt in rats....Pages 139-143
Proteomic analysis of Rac1 transgenic mice displaying dilated cardiomyopathy reveals an increase in creatine kinase M-chain protein abundance....Pages 145-151
Adenosine and cardioprotection during reperfusion — an overview....Pages 153-159
Back Matter....Pages 161-166