Platelet activating factor in heart failure: Potential role in disease progression and novel target for therapy

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-129

  Detopoulou, Paraskevi ^a   Nomikos, Tzortzis ^b   Fragopoulou, Elizabeth ^b   Chrysohoou, Christina ^c   Antonopoulou, Smaragdi ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

CDP choline: 1 alkyl 2 acetyl sn glycerol cholinephosphotransferase; Heart failure; Inflammation; Lipoprotein associated phospholipase A2; Lyso PAF acetyltransferase; PAF acetylhydrolase; Platelet activating factor

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE; OLIVE OIL; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; VERAPAMIL; YOGHURT;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GARLIC; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HONEY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INOTROPISM; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MITOCHONDRION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; ONION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG DESIGN; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR;

EID: 84883054092     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-013-0131-2     Document Type: Article

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