Issue 4/2005
Content (10 Articles)
INVITED REVIEW
Postconditioning A new link in nature’s armor against myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury
J. Vinten-Johansen, Z.-Q. Zhao, A. J. Zatta, H. Kin, M. E. Halkos, F. Kerendi
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Design–based stereological estimation of the total number of cardiac myocytes in histological sections
A. Brüel, J. R. Nyengaard
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Parathyroid hormone–related peptide improves contractile responsiveness of adult rat cardiomyocytes with depressed cell function irrespectively of oxidative inhibition
D. Lütteke, G. Ross, Y. Abdallah, C. Schäfer, H. M. Piper, K.-D. Schlüter
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Cardioprotection following adenosine kinase inhibition in rat hearts
J. N. Peart, G. J. Gross
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Electrical interaction of mechanosensitive fibroblasts and myocytes in the heart
A. Kamkin, I. Kiseleva, I. Lozinsky, H. Scholz
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A potential role for angiotensin II in obesity induced cardiac hypertrophy and ischaemic/reperfusion injury
E. F. du Toit, M. Nabben, A. Lochner
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Regional differences of superoxide dismutase activity enhance the superoxide–induced electrical heterogeneity in rabbit hearts
B. H. Choi, K.-Ch. Ha, J.–A. Park, Y.–J. Jung, J.–Ch. Kim, G.–I. Lee, H.–S. Choi, Y.–J. Kang, S.–W. Chae, Y.–G. Kwak
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Verapamil prevents torsade de pointes by reduction of transmural dispersion of repolarization and suppression of early afterdepolarizations in an intact heart model of LQT3
P. Milberg, N. Reinsch, N. Osada, K. Wasmer, G. Mönnig, J. Stypmann, G. Breithardt, W. Haverkamp, L. Eckardt
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End–diastolic myofiber stress and ejection strain increase with ventricular volume overload
D. W. Donker, P. G. A. Volders, T. Arts, B. C. A. M. Bekkers, L. Hofstra, R. L. H. M. G. Spätjens, J. D. M. Beekman, M. Borgers, H. J. G. M. Crijns, M. A. Vos