Endothelial cells (ECs) constitute the innermost layer in all blood vessels to maintain the
structural integrity and microcirculation function for coronary microvasculature. Impaired …

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 …

Endothelium-dependent relaxations are achieved by a combination of endothelium-derived
prostacyclin (PGI 2), nitric oxide (NO), and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor …

Following an arterial occlusion outward remodeling of pre-existent inter-connecting
arterioles occurs by proliferation of vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells. This is …

The endothelium mediates a number of responses (relaxation or contraction) of arteries and
veins from animals and humans. The endothelium-dependent relaxations are due to the …

Starting out from a brief description of the determinants of coronary blood flow (perfusion,
pressure, extravascular compression, autoregulation, metabolic regulation, endothelium …

Two distinct types of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) have been described: the so called
“physiologic” hypertrophy, which is normally found in professional athletes, and “pathologic” …

Two noninvasive methods, calorimetry and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), were
used to further define energy-consuming and energy-providing reactions in endothelial …

In most blood vessels, the endothelium generates both vasodilator and growth-stabilizing
mediators under normal physiological circumstances. The vasodilator influence of the …

Documentation of inducible myocardial ischaemia, related to the coronary stenosis of
interest, is of increasing importance in lesion selection for percutaneous coronary …