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Basic Research in Cardiology

Issue 6/2008

Content (11 Articles)

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TGF-β1 enhances cardiomyogenic differentiation of skeletal muscle-derived adult primitive cells

Ahmed Abdel-Latif, Ewa K. Zuba-Surma, Jamie Case, Sumit Tiwari, Greg Hunt, Smita Ranjan, Robert J. Vincent, Edward F. Srour, Roberto Bolli, Buddhadeb Dawn

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Intravenous infusion of mesenchymal stem cells enhances regional perfusion and improves ventricular function in a porcine model of myocardial infarction

Michael E. Halkos, Zhi-Qing Zhao, Faraz Kerendi, Ning-Ping Wang, Rong Jiang, L. Susan Schmarkey, Bradley J. Martin, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Walter L. Few, Hajime Kin, Robert A. Guyton, Jakob Vinten-Johansen

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Effects of unipolar stimulation on voltage and calcium distributions in the isolated rabbit heart

Veniamin Y. Sidorov, Mark R. Holcomb, Marcella C. Woods, Richard A. Gray, John P. Wikswo

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Reduced calcium responsiveness characterizes contractile dysfunction following coronary microembolization

Andreas Skyschally, Petra Gres, Patrick van Caster, Anita van de Sand, Kerstin Boengler, Rainer Schulz, Gerd Heusch

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Impaired interaction of platelets with endothelial progenitor cells in patients with cardiovascular risk factors

Elisabeth Dernbach, Voahanginirina Randriamboavonjy, Ingrid Fleming, Andreas M. Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler, Carmen Urbich

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Impaired endothelial progenitor cell function predicts age-dependent carotid intimal thickening

Stefanie Keymel, Christoph Kalka, Tienush Rassaf, Yerem Yeghiazarians, Malte Kelm, Christian Heiss

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Impact of atherosclerotic plaque composition on coronary microembolization during percutaneous coronary interventions

Dirk Böse, Clemens von Birgelen, Xiu Ying Zhou, Axel Schmermund, Sebastian Philipp, Stefan Sack, Thomas Konorza, Stefan Möhlenkamp, Kirsten Leineweber, Petra Kleinbongard, William Wijns, Gerd Heusch, Raimund Erbel

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A novel-1364A/C aquaporin 5 gene promoter polymorphism influences the responses to salt loading of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and of blood pressure in young healthy men

Michael Adamzik, Ulrich H. Frey, Kathrin Bitzer, Heinz Jakob, Hideo A. Baba, Roland E. Schmieder, Markus P. Schneider, Gerd Heusch, Jürgen Peters, Winfried Siffert