Hypercholesterolemia is defined as excessively high plasma cholesterol levels, and is a
strong risk factor for many negative cardiovascular events. Total cholesterol levels above …

Dyslipidemia is widely accepted as one of the major risk factors in cardiovascular disease
mainly due to its contribution in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis in medium-sized and …

An increase in cholesterol levels is perceived during pregnancy and is considered as a
normal adaptive response to the development of the fetus. In some pregnancies, excessive …

Conventional treatments have failed to improve the prognosis of heart failure with preserved
ejection fraction (HFpEF) patients. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the …

Background Calcium is a shortfall essential nutrient that has been a mainstay of
osteoporosis management. Recent and limited findings have prompted concern about the …

Nitric oxide (NO)-donor drugs, which stimulate reduced form of soluble guanylate cyclase
(sGC), have different efficacy to the arteries and veins. This study examined whether sGC …

We tested the hypothesis that physical activity can attenuate the temporal decline of ACh-
induced endothelium-dependent relaxation during type 2 diabetes mellitus progression in …

This work compares the expression of adrenoceptors (ARs) and G-protein-coupled receptor
kinase (GRK) 2 (RT-PCR and immunoblotting) and functional responses in conductance …

Pregnancy is a physiological condition characterized by a progressive, weeks of
gestationdependent increase in maternal triglycerides (hypertriglyceridemia) and total …

Nitric oxide (NO) is potentially involved in several responses to acute exercise. We tested
the hypotheses that inhibition of NO formation reduces maximal O2 delivery to muscle, but …