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Reverse rate-dependent changes are determined by baseline action potential duration in mammalian and human ventricular preparations
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Blockage of Angiotensin II type 2 receptor prevents thyroxine-mediated cardiac hypertrophy by blocking Akt activation
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PDE5A suppression of acute β-adrenergic activation requires modulation of myocyte beta-3 signaling coupled to PKG-mediated troponin I phosphorylation
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PDGF-CC induces tissue factor expression: role of PDGF receptor α/β
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Low intrinsic aerobic exercise capacity and systemic insulin resistance are not associated with changes in myocardial substrate oxidation or insulin sensitivity
Michael Schwarzer, Steven L. Britton, Lauren G. Koch, Ulrik Wisloff and Torsten Doenst
365-377
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Genetic and ultrastructural studies in dilated cardiomyopathy patients: a large deletion in the lamin A/C gene is associated with cardiomyocyte nuclear envelope disruption
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Clopidogrel affects leukocyte dependent platelet aggregation by P2Y12 expressing leukocytes
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389-397
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Inhibition of the p38 MAP kinase in vivo improves number and functional activity of vasculogenic cells and reduces atherosclerotic disease progression
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399-407
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ activation attenuates cardiac fibrosis in type 2 diabetic rats: the effect of rosiglitazone on myocardial expression of receptor for advanced glycation end products and of connective tissue growth factor
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Mesenchymal stem cell-based prostacyclin synthase gene therapy for pulmonary hypertension rats
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Exposure to cardiomyogenic stimuli fails to transdifferentiate human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells
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431-442
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HO-1 gene overexpression enhances the beneficial effects of superparamagnetic iron oxide labeled bone marrow stromal cells transplantation in swine hearts underwent ischemia/reperfusion: an MRI study
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