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Angiogenic potency of bone marrow stromal cells improved byex vivo hypoxia prestimulation
To study the angiogenic potency of hypoxia-prestimulated bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) when transplanted into acute myocardial infarction models of rats. BMSCs were cultured under hypoxia condition for 24 ...
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Astragalus prevents diabetic rats from develo** cardiomyopathy by downregulating angiotensin II type2 receptors expression
This study examined the potential roles of astragalus and angiotensin II: type 2 receptor (AT2) in rats with streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic cardiomyopathy. Of 52 female 4-weekold Wistar rats treated wit...
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Study on apoptosis and expression of P53, Bcl-2, bax in cardiac myocytys of congestive heart failure induced by ventricular pacing
The apoptosis and the expression of p53, bcl-2 and Bax in myocytes of chronic rapid ventricular pacing-induced congestive heart failure (CHF) in rabbits were investigated. The CHF rabbit model (P,n=7) was establi...
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Effects of L-THP on Ca2+ overload of cultured rat cardiomyocytes during hypoxia and reoxygenation
The effects of L-tetrahydropalmatine (L-THP) on the cultured rat cardiomyocytes during hypoxia and reoxygenation and the mechanism of L-THP treating reperfusion-arrythmias were studied. The concentration of in...
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The value of perioperative echocardiography in percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty
In order to investigate the value of perioperative echocardiography in percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV), two-dimensional echocardiography (2-DE), Doppler echocardiography and color Doppler flow...
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Effect of tetrandrine on acute experimental myocardial infarction
In 19 anesthetized open-chest dogs the effects of tetrandrine on experimental myocardial infarction were investigated by epicardial map** and creatine phosphate kinase (CPK) enzyme estimation. In epicardial ...