Abstract Angiotensin II (Ang II) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of the vascular injury associated with hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Increased vascular permeability is an important ...

Figure 1. Endothelium, as a complex endocrine and paracrine organ, plays a crucial role in the maintenance of vascular homeostasis. Far beyond being simply a physical barrier between the blood and ...

Increased renin gene expression along with hypertrophy of JGCs is found during long-term, enhanced renin release. In addition to the hypertrophy of juxtaglomerular cells, the abovementioned ...

Figure 1. Chest radiography shows cardiomegaly and circular calcificed ring (white arrow) around great vessels in posteroanterior (A) and lateral views (B). Figure 2. Echocardiography showed severe ...

While prior work on AVC in this area focused on cardiovascular events, the critical novel finding that Zhu et al 1 identify is the association of AVC with the outcome of incident heart failure.

In order to determine whether there is any interference with left atrial emptying or left ventricular filling in idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS) and aortic stenosis, the fall in ...

The circulatory responses to nitroglycerin and to the Valsalva maneuver were studied in seven patients with idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis, in five patients with valvular aortic stenosis, ...

Splanchnic hemodynamics were examined in 22 patients with heart disease, 16 of whom had evidence of ventricular insufficiency at the time of study. The response of the splanchnic vasculature to the ...

Fourteen hearts with tricuspid atresia were reviewed at autopsy. The study included examples of normally related great arteries and of transposition of the great arteries; instances of pulmonary ...

Although diuretic therapy appears to improve the exercise capacity of patients with moderately impaired cardiac function, the hemodynamic basis for this improvement is not clear. It is also unknown to ...