Endothelium is now recognized as a massive, regionally specific, multifunctional organ.
Given its strategic anatomic location between the circulating blood components and the …

The endothelium is uniquely positioned at the interface between the blood and the vessel
wall. As such, it performs multiple functions: It is involved in the regulation of coagulation …

Experimental work during the past 15 years has demonstrated that endothelial cells in the
heart play an obligatory role in regulating and maintaining cardiac function, in particular, at …

A novel unidentified agent, provisionally named 'endocardin', has been shown to be
released from endocardial endothelium. Endocardin has a unique prolonging effect on …

Knowledge of the functional structure of endocardial endothelium (EE) is required to
understand the mechanisms underlying the recently described modulation of myocardial …

Endothelial cells within the heart release a number of substances that modulate myocardial
contractile function. These agents include nitric oxide, endothelin, prostanoids …

Endocardial endothelium and vascular endothelium of myocardial capillaries share common
features as modulators of cardiac performance, rhythmicity and growth. Growing evidence …

The vascular endothelium is a multifunctional cellular system which directly influences blood
components and cells within the vessel wall in a given tissue. Importantly, this cellular …

▪ Abstract Endocardial and coronary vascular endothelial cells release substances that
modify the contraction of cardiac myocytes. The major and possibly the sole up-regulating …

The heart wall with its complex trabecular structures is covered with a very thin layer of
endocardial endothelial (EE) cells. EE cells appear early during cardiac development; they …