Heart rate reduction by ivabradine improves aortic compliance in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 432-440

  Custodis, Florian ^a   Fries, Peter ^a   Mller, Andreas ^a   Stamm, Christoph ^a   Grube, Markus ^b   Kroemer, Heyo K ^b   Bhm, Michael ^a   Laufs, Ulrich ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic compliance; Apolipoprotein E knockout mice; Heart rate reduction; Ivabradine

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; INTERLEUKIN 6; IVABRADINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P47; RAC1 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART RATE; HEART RATE REDUCTION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BENZAZEPINES; COMPLIANCE; HEART RATE; MALE; MICE; NADPH OXIDASE; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84863108626     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: 14230135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339547     Document Type: Article

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