Cardiac hypertrophy is promoted by adrenergic over-activation and represents an
independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The basic knowledge …

In addition to its grozoth regulating properties, nezo evidence reviewed here by Diane
Haddock Russell demonstrates that prolactin has important immunoregulatory properties. In …

Background Transplantation of hearts from ABO-incompatible donors is contraindicated
because of the risk of hyperacute rejection mediated by preformed antibodies in the …

Polyamines contribute to several physiological and pathological processes, including
cardiac hypertrophy in experimental animals. This involves an increase in ornithine …

Sixty years of animal experimentation with cardiac transplantation14 preceded the first
successful canine orthotopic transplants reported by Lower and Shumway in 1960.” The …

Current echocardiographic methods are promising for detection of rejection either as an
increase in LV mass or a decrease in LV compliance. Both increased mass and decreased …

There are many mechanisms underlying the hypertension which occurs after thoracic
transplantation. Previous disease, effects of cyclosporin, tacrolimus and steroid …

To investigate the contributions of humoral and hemodynamic factors to cardiac adaptations
associated with chronic exercise, female Fischer 344 rats were subjected to chronic …

To assess the role of dietary sodium in the regional development and pathogenesis of
isoproterenol (ISO)-induced cardiac hypertrophy, male Fischer rats (150–175g n= 65) were …

The effects of phenylephrine, isoprenaline and adenosine,(−)-N 6-
phenylisopropyladenosine (PIA) or carbachol alone and in the presence of isoprenaline on …