Phenotype-specific treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a multiorgan roadmap

SJ Shah, DW Kitzman, BA Borlaug, L Van Heerebeek… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (EF; HFpEF) accounts for 50% of HF
cases, and its prevalence relative to HF with reduced EF continues to rise. In contrast to HF …

A review of the molecular mechanisms underlying the development and progression of cardiac remodeling

L Schirone, M Forte, S Palmerio, D Yee… - Oxidative medicine …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Pathological molecular mechanisms involved in myocardial remodeling contribute to alter
the existing structure of the heart, leading to cardiac dysfunction. Among the complex …

Beyond erectile dysfunction: cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors for other clinical disorders

A Samidurai, L Xi, A Das… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), an important intracellular second messenger,
mediates cellular functional responses in all vital organs. Phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) is …

Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart diseases

JL Vachiéry, Y Adir, JA Barberà, H Champion… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Pulmonary hypertension (PH), a common complication of left heart diseases (LHD),
negatively impacts symptoms, exercise capacity, and outcome. Although the true prevalence …

cGMP-dependent protein kinases and cGMP phosphodiesterases in nitric oxide and cGMP action

SH Francis, JL Busch, JD Corbin - Pharmacological reviews, 2010 - ASPET
To date, studies suggest that biological signaling by nitric oxide (NO) is primarily mediated
by cGMP, which is synthesized by NO-activated guanylyl cyclases and broken down by …

Low myocardial protein kinase G activity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

L van Heerebeek, N Hamdani, I Falcão-Pires… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Prominent features of myocardial remodeling in heart failure with preserved
ejection fraction (HFPEF) are high cardiomyocyte resting tension (Fpassive) and …

In search of new therapeutic targets and strategies for heart failure: recent advances in basic science

AM Shah, DL Mann - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Chronic heart failure continues to impose a substantial health-care burden, despite recent
treatment advances. The key pathophysiological process that ultimately leads to chronic …

PDE5 inhibition with sildenafil improves left ventricular diastolic function, cardiac geometry, and clinical status in patients with stable systolic heart failure: results of a 1 …

M Guazzi, M Vicenzi, R Arena… - Circulation: Heart …, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—In heart failure (HF), a defective nitric oxide signaling is involved in left
ventricular (LV) diastolic abnormalities and remodeling. PDE5 inhibition, by blocking …

Cyclic GMP signaling in cardiovascular pathophysiology and therapeutics

EJ Tsai, DA Kass - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2009 - Elsevier
Cyclic guanosine 3', 5'-monophosphate (cGMP) mediates a wide spectrum of physiologic
processes in multiple cell types within the cardiovascular system. Dysfunctional signaling at …

Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases as therapeutic targets in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure

R Kamel, J Leroy, G Vandecasteele… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) modulate the neurohormonal regulation of
cardiac function by degrading cAMP and cGMP. In cardiomyocytes, multiple PDE isozymes …