Effect of Exercise Preconditioning on Myocardia Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Aged Rats by Hongyu LI, Xia YIN, Shiqiang ZHANG, Luwen ZHU, Qiang TANG

“…Objective:To observe the effects of exercise preconditioning on cardiac function, myocardial infarct area, cardiomyocyte ultrastructure and antioxidant capacity of aged rats after isolated myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.Methods:A total of 60 SPF male SD aged rats were randomly divided into the control group (Con group), the ischemia-reperfusion model group (IR group), the exercise preconditioning+ischemia-reperfusion group (EP+IR group), the ischemic preconditioning group (IPC group) and the exercise preconditioning+ischemic preconditioning group (EP+IPC group), with 12 rats in each group. …”
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Different Responses to Drug Safety Screening Targets between Human Neonatal and Infantile Heart Tissue and Cardiac Bodies Derived from Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Jan Trieschmann, Moritz Haustein, Annette Köster, Jürgen Hescheler, Konrad Brockmeier, Gerardus Bennink, Tobias Hannes

“…In contrast, native myocardial tissue slices exhibited positive, negative, and biphasic FFRs. …”
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Criteria of eligibility of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy for revascularization and other surgical procedures by N.D. Oryshchyn

“…The aim of this review is to summarize contemporary approaches to the management of ischemic cardiomyopathy taking into consideration myocardial viability and geometric changes of left ventricle (LV). …”
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Sex Differences in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus-Related Left Ventricular Remodeling: A Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study by Yongning Shang, Yulin Zhang, Weiling Leng, Xiaotian Lei, Liu Chen, Xiaoyue Zhou, Ziwen Liang, Jian Wang

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sex differences in myocardial structure, tissue characteristics, and myocardial function in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. …”
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Cardioprotective Effect of Nec-1 in Rats Subjected to MI/R: Downregulation of Autophagy-Like Cell Death by Liang Wang, Xuebai Lv, Jue Tian, Xiaoliang Wang, Ye Wu, Hui Rong Liu

“…The present study investigated the effect of Nec-1 on myocardial infarct size, necroptosis, and cardiac functional recovery in rats subjected to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (MI/R 30 min/12, 24, 48, and 72 h). …”
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Microvascular angina in postmenopausal women. by Alexander Valdés Martín, Sherien Sixto Fernández

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Microvascular angina is common in postmenopausal women. Myocardial ischemia has been induced by stress testing, which has proved a relationship between endothelial dysfunction and myocardial perfusion defects. …”
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Mitochondrial apoptosis in response to cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury by Kaixin Wang, Qing Zhu, Wen Liu, Linyuan Wang, Xinxin Li, Cuiting Zhao, Nan Wu, Chunyan Ma

“…Abstract In patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), thrombolytic therapy and revascularization strategies allow complete recanalization of occluded epicardial coronary arteries. …”
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Improved Left Ventricular Aneurysm Repair with Cell- and Cytokine-Seeded Collagen Patches by Hui Qu, Bao-dong Xie, Jian Wu, Bo Lv, Jun-bo Chuai, Jian-zhong Li, Jun Cai, Hua Wu, Shu-lin Jiang, Xiao-ping Leng, Kai Kang

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Left ventricle function and post-transcriptional events with exercise training in pigs. by Stephanie L Samani, Shayne C Barlow, Lisa A Freeburg, Traci L Jones, Marlee Poole, Mark A Sarzynski, Michael R Zile, Tarek Shazly, Francis G Spinale

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Chronic exercise reduced LV chamber and myocardial stiffness and was correlated to miRs that map to myocardial relaxation processes as well as local inflammatory pathways. …”
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Determination of Fatty Acid Metabolism with Dynamic [C]Palmitate Positron Emission Tomography of Mouse Heart In Vivo by Yinlin Li, Tao Huang, Xinyue Zhang, Min Zhong, Natalie N. Walker, Jiang He, Stuart S. Berr, Susanna R. Keller, Bijoy K. Kundu

“…A model-corrected blood input function, by which the input function with SP and PV corrections and the metabolic rate constants (k 1 –k 5 ) are simultaneously estimated from the dynamic [ 11 C]palmitate PET images of mouse hearts in a four-compartment tracer kinetic model, was used to determine rates of myocardial fatty acid oxidation (MFAO), myocardial FA esterification, myocardial FA use, and myocardial FA uptake. …”
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Inhibition of TNF-α and JNK Signaling Pathway Can Reduce Paclitaxel-Induced Apoptosis of Mouse Cardiomyocytes by Shuang Ren, Tianwen Huang, Danyan Ou, Luhuai Feng, Sisi Huang, Chaonan Zhou, Lianying Ge

“…Further analyses of the TNF-α level and the expression of Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and Bcl-2 family-related proteins in myocardial tissue were performed. It was found that PTX increased the protein levels of TNF-α, Bax, p-JNK, and JNK in myocardial tissue but decreased the protein level of Bcl-2. …”
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Elevated Cardiac Troponin T in Patients with Lupus Myositis Presenting with Noncardiac Chest Pain by Guy Katz, Sharon L. Kolasinski, Baskaran Sundaram, Giorgos Loizidis

“…The most common biomarkers for myocardial injury are cardiac troponin T and I (cTnT and cTnI) due to their high sensitivity for the early detection of myocardial infarction. …”
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Oridonin Relieves Angiotensin II-Induced Cardiac Remodeling via Inhibiting GSDMD-Mediated Inflammation by Shuang Lin, Shanshan Dai, Jiahui Lin, Xiaohe Liang, Weiqi Wang, Weijian Huang, Bozhi Ye, Xia Hong

“…Myocardial remodeling is one of the main lesions in the late stage of chronic heart failure and seriously affects the prognosis of patients. …”
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Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Components Associate with Infarct Size, Ventricular Function, and Clinical Outcome in STEMI by Ragnhild Helseth, Christian Shetelig, Geir Øystein Andersen, Miriam Sjåstad Langseth, Shanmuganathan Limalanathan, Trine B. Opstad, Harald Arnesen, Pavel Hoffmann, Jan Eritsland, Ingebjørg Seljeflot

“…The relevance of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is unclear. We explored the temporal profile of circulating NET markers and their associations to myocardial injury and function and to adverse clinical events in STEMI patients. …”
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Functional Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging for Cardiac Surgery and Targeted Gene Therapy by Akira Nakayama, Federica del Monte, Roger J. Hajjar, John V. Frangioni

“…Cardiac revascularization is presently performed without realtime visual assessment of myocardial blood flow or perfusion. Moreover, gene therapy of the heart cannot, at present, be directed to specific territories at risk for myocardial infarction. …”
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A refined, minimally invasive, reproducible ovine ischaemia–reperfusion–infarction model using implantable defibrillators: Methodology and validation by Charlene Pius, Barbara Niort, Emma J. Radcliffe, Andrew W. Trafford

“…In conclusion, the model closely replicates the clinical paradigm of myocardial ischaemia, reperfusion and infarction in a translationally relevant large animal setting, and the applied refinements reduce the incidence of intra‐operative mortality typically associated with preclinical myocardial infarction models.…”
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Small Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhanced Proangiogenic Potential of Cardiac Fibroblasts via Angiopoietin-Like 4 by Jiejie Li, Xin Xu, Suyan Fei, Ren Wang, Hua Wang, Wei Zhu, Yuanyuan Zhao

“…Background and Objectives. After myocardial hypoxic injury, it is important to enhance vascular formation and restore blood supply for injury repair. …”
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Hubungan Kadar Gula Darah saat Masuk Rumah Sakit dengan Jenis Sindroma Koroner Akut di RS Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Willy Valerian, Masrul Syafri, Zelly Dia Rofinda

“…SKA terbagi atas Unstable Angina Pectoris (UAP), ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). …”
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Hubungan antara Kadar Troponin T dengan Luas Infark Miokard yang Diukur dengan Menggunakan Metode Skoring QRS Selvester pada Pasien Infark Miokard Akut by Muhammad Lingga Primananda, Masrul Syafri, Malinda Meinapuri3

“…The conclusion of this research is there is no correlation between Troponin T level and myocardial infarction size.</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords: </em></strong><em>troponin T, myocardial infarction size, acute myocardial infarction, Selvester QRS scoring</em><em></em></p></div><em><br clear="all" /> </em>…”
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Abnormal Expression of Connexin43 in Cardiac Injury Induced by S-Band and X-Band Microwave Exposure in Rats by Yue Yin, Xinping Xu, Yabing Gao, Juan Wang, Binwei Yao, Li Zhao, Haoyu Wang, Hui Wang, Ji Dong, Jing Zhang, Ruiyun Peng

“…The expression of Cx43 in myocardial tissue decreased, and distribution was abnormal. …”
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