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Pressure - Pig / Sheep / Dog

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Barry WH, Zhang XQ, Halkos ME, Vinten-Johansen J, Saegusa N, Spitzer KW, Matsuoka N, Sheets M, Rao NV, Kennedy TP Nonanticoagulant heparin reduces myocyte Na+ and Ca2+ loading during simulated ischemia and decreases reperfusion injury Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jan 2010; 298: H102 - H111 solid-state transducer-tipped catheter pig metabolic inhibition; sodium-calcium exchange; late sodium current; ranolazine; myocardial reperfusion injury; nonanticoagulant heparin
Espinoza A, Halvorsen PS, Hoff L, Skulstad H, Fosse E, Ihlen H, Edvardsen T Detecting myocardial ischaemia using miniature ultrasonic transducers — a feasibility study in a porcine model Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., January 2010; 37: 119 - 126 MPC-500, TC-510 pig Myocardial ischaemia • Cardiac surgical procedures • Echocardiography
Voss B, Krane M, Jung C, Brockmann G, Braun S, Günther T, Lange R, Bauernschmitt R Cardiopulmonary bypass with physiological flow and pressure curves: pulse is unnecessary! Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., January 2010; 37: 223 - 232 SPC-350 pig Extracorporeal circulation • Pulsatile flow • Non-pulsatile flow • Microcirculation • Energy-equivalent pressure • Capillary leak
te Lintel Hekkert M, Dubé GP, Regar E, de Boer M, Vranckx P, van der Giessen WJ, Serruys PW, Duncker DJ Preoxygenated hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier HBOC-201 annihilates myocardial ischemia during brief coronary artery occlusion in pigs Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Mar 2010; 298: H1103 - H1113. micromanometer-tipped catheter pig coronary blood flow; intracoronary infusion; left ventricular function; myocardial metabolism
Lee LS, Ghanta RK, Mokashi SA, Coelho-Filho O, Kwong RY, Bolman III RM, Chen FY Ventricular restraint therapy for heart failure: The right ventricle is different from the left ventricle J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., April 2010; 139: 1012 - 1018 High-fidelity micromanometers sheep  
Dubois C, Liu X, Claus P, Marsboom G, Pokreisz P, Vandenwijngaert S, Dépelteau H, Streb W, Chaothawee L, Maes F, Gheysens O, Debeyser Z, Gillijns H, Pellens M, Vandendriessche T, Chuah M, Collen D, Verbeken E, Belmans A, Van de Werf F, Bogaert J, Janssens S Differential Effects of Progentior Cell Populations on Left Ventricular Remodeling and Myocardial Neovascularization after Myocardial Infarction JACC vol. 55, No. 20, 2010: May 18, 2010:2232-43 7-F Millar catheter pig cell therapy, endothelial progenitor cells, left ventricular remodeling, mesenchymal stem cells, myocardial infarction
Seo J-S, Kim D-H, Kim W-J, Song J-M, Kang D-H, Song J-K Peak systolic velocity of mitral annular longitudinal movement measured by pulsed tissue Doppler imaging as an index of global left ventricular contractility Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, May 2010; 298: H1608 - H1615 dual high-fidelity pressure sensor dog contractility; echocardiography; longitudinal movement; ventricular rotation
Wenk JF, Zhang Z, Cheng G, Malhotra D, Acevedo-Bolton G, Burger M, Suzuki T, Saloner DA, Wallace AW, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB First Finite Element Model of the Left Ventricle With Mitral Valve: Insights Into Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Ann. Thorac. Surg., May 2010; 89: 1546 - 1553 SPC-350 sheep  
Zierer A, Melby SJ, Voeller RK, Moon MR Interatrial Shunt for Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension: Differential Impact of Low-Flow versus High-Flow Shunting Am J Physiol HearMPC-500t Circ Physiol, Jan 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00496.2008 MPC-500 dog ideal shunt fraction
Suzuki G, Iyer V, Cimato T, Canty Jr JM Pravastatin Improves Function in Hibernating Myocardium by Mobilizing CD133+ and cKit+ Bone Marrow Progenitor Cells and Promoting Myocytes to Reenter the Growth Phase of the Cardiac Cell Cycle Circ. Res., Jan 2009; 104: 255 - 264 Millar catheter pig statins • hibernating myocardium • cardiac repair • bone marrow progenitor cells
Schmitto JD, Doerge H, Post H, Coulibaly M, Sellin C, Popov AF, Sossalla S, Schoendube FA Progressive right ventricular failure is not explained by myocardial ischemia in a pig model of right ventricular pressure overload Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., February 2009; 35: 229 - 234 5 F pig Right ventricular function • Pressure overload • Ischemia • Pulmonary embolism
Xu D, Olivier NB, Mukkamala R Continuous cardiac output and left atrial pressure monitoring by long time interval analysis of the pulmonary artery pressure waveform: proof of concept in dogs J Appl Physiol, Feb 2009; 106: 651 - 661 micromanometer-tipped catheter dog mathematical modeling; pulmonary artery catheter; pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; pulse contour analysis; thermodilution
Timmers L, Henriques JPS, de Kleijn DPV, J. DeVries H, Kemperman H, Steendijk P, Verlaan CWJ, Kerver M, Piek JJ, Doevendans PA, Pasterkamp G, Hoefer IE Exenatide Reduces Infarct Size and Improves Cardiac Function in a Porcine Model of Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., February 10, 2009; 53: 501 - 510 pressure-tipped Millar catheter pig TUNEL, pAkt
Walcott G, Melnick S, Killingsworth C, Ideker R Burst Stimulation Improves Hemodynamics During Resuscitation After Prolonged Ventricular Fibrillation Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol, Feb 2009; 2: 57 - 62 high fidelity pressure catheter pig ventricular fibrillation • resuscitation • electric stimulation
Chakir K, Daya SK, Aiba T, Tunin RS, Dimaano VL, Abraham TP, Jacques K, Lai EW, Pacak K, Zhu W-Z, Xiao R-p, Tomaselli GF, Kass DA Mechanisms of Enhanced β-Adrenergic Reserve From Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Circulation, Mar 2009; 119: 1231 - 1240 micromanometer dog heart failure treatment, chamber systolic function
Zierer A, Melby SJ, Voeller RK, Moon MR Interatrial shunt for chronic pulmonary hypertension: differential impact of low-flow vs. high-flow shunting Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Mar 2009; 296: H639 - H644 MPC-500 dog right heart failure; atrial septostomy right ventricular overload
Lyseggen E, Vartdal T, Remme EW, Helle-Valle T, Pettersen E, Opdahl A, Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA A novel echocardiographic marker of end systole in the ischemic left ventricle: "tug of war" sign Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Mar 2009; 296: H645 - H654 MPC-500 dog echocardiography; infarction; reperfusion; ventricular function; tissue Doppler imaging
Khoury DS, Naware M, Siou J, Blomqvist A, Mathuria NS, Wang J, Shih H-T, Nagueh SF, Panescu D Ambulatory Monitoring of Congestive Heart Failure by Multiple Bioelectric Impedance Vectors J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 24, 2009; 53: 1075 - 1081 SPC-350 dog cardiac resynchronization therapy • hemodynamic monitoring • pulmonary edema
Indik JH, Hilwig RW, Zuercher M, Kern KB, Berg MD, Berg RA Preshock Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Worsens Outcome From Circulatory Phase Ventricular Fibrillation With Acute Coronary Artery Obstruction in Swine Circ Arrhythmia Electrophysiol, Apr 2009; 2: 179 - 184 MCP-500 pig cardiopulmonary resuscitation • myocardial infarction • heart arrest • ventricular fibrillation defibrillation
Sodha NR, Clements RT, Feng J, Liu Y, Bianchi C, Horvath EM, Szabo C, Sellke FW The effects of therapeutic sulfide on myocardial apoptosis in response to ischemia–reperfusion injury Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., May 2008; 33: 906 - 913. catheter-tipped manometer pig Ischemia • Reperfusion • Apoptosis • Cardiac • Sulfide • Protection
 Walker JC, Ratcliffe MB, Zhang P,  Wallace AW, Hsu EW, Saloner DA, Guccione JM Magnetic resonance imaging-based finite element stress analysis after linear repair of left ventricular aneurysm J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., May 2008; 135: 1094 - 1102 SPC-320 sheep  
Hisagi M, Suematsu Y, Masuzawa A, Ono M, Motomura N, Takamoto S Image-guided surgical repair of ventricular septal rupture using self-expanding device Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Jun 2009; 8: 602 - 605 5 Fr micromanometer-tipped catheter pig Minimally invasive surgery; Device; Echocardiography; Myocardial infarction
Sheikh AM, Barrett C, Villamizar N, Alzate O, Valente AM, Herlong JR, Craig D, Lodge A, Lawson J, Milano C, Jaggers J Right ventricular hypertrophy with early dysfunction: A proteomics study in a neonatal model J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., May 2009; 137: 1146 - 1153 micromanometer catheter pig  
Osipov RM, Robich MP, Feng J, Clements RT, Liu Y, Glazer HP, Wagstaff J, Bianchi C, Sellke FW Effect of thrombin fragment (TP508) on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in hypercholesterolemic pigs J Appl Physiol, Jun 2009; 106: 1993 - 2001 catheter-tipped manometer  pig myocardial function; microvascular reactivity; apoptosis; cell survival signaling
Sridhar A, Nishijima Y, Terentyev D, Khan M, Terentyeva R, Hamlin RL, Nakayama T, Gyorke S, Cardounel AJ, Carnes CA Chronic heart failure and the substrate for atrial fibrillation Cardiovasc Res, Advance Access published on July 17, 2009; doi: doi:10.1093/cvr/cvp216 SPC-350 dog Heart failure; Arrhythmia (mechanisms); Remodelling; K-channel
Gross GJ, Gauthier KM, Moore J, Campbell WB, Falck JR, Nithipatikom K Evidence for role of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids in mediating ischemic preconditioning and postconditioning in dog Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jul 2009; 297: H47 - H52. double-tipped Millar (model 770) catheter  dog cytochrome P-450 epoxygenases; epoxyeicosatrienoic acid antagonists; ischemia-reperfusion
Osipov RM, Robich MP, Feng J, Clements RT, Liu Y, Glazer HP, Wagstaff J, Bianchi C, Sellke FW Effect of thrombin fragment (TP508) on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in hypercholesterolemic pigs Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jul 2009; 297: H47 - H52. catheter-tipped manometer  pig myocardial function; microvascular reactivity; apoptosis; cell survival signaling
Smolich JJ, Mynard JP, Penny DJ Dynamic characterization and hemodynamic effects of pulmonary waves in fetal lambs using cardiac extrasystoles and beat-by-beat wave intensity analysis Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol, Aug 2009; 297: R428 - R436 TCB-500, 2.5 F micromanometer catheter sheep fetal pulmonary blood flow; fetal pulmonary blood pressure; post-extrasystolic potentiation
Ardell JL, Cardinal R, Vermeulen M, Armour JA Dorsal spinal cord stimulation obtunds the capacity of intrathoracic extracardiac neurons to transduce myocardial ischemia Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol, Aug 2009; 297: R470 - R477. Millar catheter  dog cardiac pacing; ventricular ischemia; middle cervical ganglion neuron; cardiac nervous system; neurocardiology
Bothe W, Nguyen TC, Roberts ME,Timek TA, Itoh A, Ingels Jr NB,  Miller DC Presystolic mitral annular septal–lateral shortening is independent from left atrial and left ventricular contraction during acute volume depletion Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., August 2009; 36: 236 - 243 micromanometer catheter  sheep Mitral annular dynamics • Acute volume depletion • Radiopaque markers • Ovine model
Badiwala MV, Ramzy D, Tumiati LC, Tepperman ED, Sheshgiri R,  Prodger JL, Feindel CM, Rao V Donor Pretreatment With Hypertonic Saline Attenuates Primary Allograft Dysfunction: A Pilot Study in a Porcine Model Circulation, Sep 2009; 120: S206 - S214 Millar micromanometer and conductance catheters  pig endothelium • ischemia • transplantation • reperfusion
Osipov RM, Bianchi C, Feng J, Clements RT, Liu Y, Robich MP,  Glazer HP, Sodha NR, Sellke FW Effect of Hypercholesterolemia on Myocardial Necrosis and Apoptosis in the Setting of Ischemia-Reperfusion Circulation, Sep 2009; 120: S22 - S30 catheter-tipped manometer pig apoptosis • hypercholesterolemia • ischemia • myocardial infarction • risk factors
Johnston PV, Sasano T, Mills K, Evers R, Lee S-T, Smith RR, Lardo AC, Lai S, Steenbergen C, Gerstenblith G, Lange R, Marbán E Engraftment, Differentiation, and Functional Benefits of Autologous Cardiosphere-Derived Cells in Porcine Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Circulation, Sep 2009; 120: 1075 - 1083 Circulation, Sep 2009; 120: 1075 - 1083 pig  
Smolich JJ, Mynard JP, Penny DJ Ductus arteriosus wave intensity analysis in fetal lambs: midsystolic ductal flow augmentation is due to antegrade pulmonary arterial wave transmission Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol, Oct 2009; 297: R1171 - R1179 TCB-500 Sheep ductus arteriosus blood flow; ductus arteriosus blood pressure; fetal central hemodynamics
Bebarta VS, Pitotti RL, Dixon P, Valtier S, Little CM Abstract 2505: Hydroxocobalamin and Epinephrine Improve Survival in a Swine Model of Cyanide-Induced Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Trial Circulation, Nov 2009; 120: S652 Millar catheters pig resuscitation
Shapiro S, Kawase Y, Ladage D, Martinez GG, Sanz J, Garcia MJ, Chaudhry HW, Hajjar RJ Abstract 3174: Administration of Cyclin A2 by Gene Transfer Improves Cardiac Function in a Porcine Model of Myocardial Infarction Circulation, Nov 2009; 120: S754 Millar catheter pig cardiac regeneration, cellular therapy
Swamy G, Xu D, Olivier NB, Mukkamala R An adaptive transfer function for deriving the aortic pressure waveform from a peripheral artery pressure waveform Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Nov 2009; 297: H1956 - H1963 micromanometer-tipped catheter dog arterial tree; blood pressure; generalized transfer function; model; wave reflection
Quinn TA, Cabreriza SE, Richmond ME, Weinberg AD, Holmes JW, . Spotnitz HM Simultaneous variation of ventricular pacing site and timing with biventricular pacing in acute ventricular failure improves function by interventricular assist Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Dec 2009; 297: H2220 - H2226 5F solid-state pressure transducer catheter pig heart failure; cardiac pacing; hemodynamics; cardiac mechanics; cardiac surgery
Zhou L, Huang H, Yuan CL, Keung W, Lopaschuk GD, Stanley WC Metabolic response to an acute jump in cardiac workload: effects on malonyl-CoA, mechanical efficiency, and fatty acid oxidation Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Feb 2008; 294: H954 - H960 high-fidelity pressure transducer  pig acetyl-CoA carboxylase; AMP-activated protein kinase; exercise; fatty acids; heart; mitochondria
Kawase Y, Ly HQ, Prunier F, Lebeche D, YShi Y, Jin H, Hadri L, Yoneyama R, Hoshino K, Takewa Y, Sakata S, Peluso R, Zsebo K, Gwathmey JK, Tardif J-C, Tanguay J-F, Hajjar RJ Reversal of Cardiac Dysfunction After Long-Term Expression of SERCA2a by Gene Transfer in a Pre-Clinical Model of Heart Failure J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., March 18, 2008; 51: 1112 - 1119 6-F Millar MIKRO-TIP catheter pig mitral regurgitation
Pandalai PK, McLean KM, Bulcao CF, Duffy JY, D'Souza KM, Merrill WH, Pearl JM, Akhter SA Acute β-blockade prevents myocardial β-adrenergic receptor desensitization and preserves early ventricular function after brain death J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., April 2008; 135: 792 - 798 Pressure transducer-tipped 2F or 3F catheters pig adenylate cyclase; heart failure; preload recruitable stroke work
Penny DJ, Mynard JP, Smolich JJ Aortic wave intensity analysis of ventricular-vascular interaction during incremental dobutamine infusion in adult sheep Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jan 2008; 294: H481 - H489 MPC-500, TCB-500 sheep hemodynamics; wave propagation; arterial circulation; blood velocity
Beeri R, Yosefy C, Guerrero JL, Nesta F, Abedat S, Chaput M, del Monte F, Handschumacher MD, Stroud R,  Sullivan S, Pugatsch T, Gilon D, Vlahakes GJ, Spinale FG, Hajjar RJ, Levine RA Mitral Regurgitation Augments Post-Myocardial Infarction Remodeling: Failure of Hypertrophic Compensation J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., January 29, 2008; 51: 476 - 486 high-fidelity micromanometer-tipped catheter  sheep dilated heart failure
Notomi Y, Popovic ZB, Yamada H, Wallick DW, Martin MG, Oryszak SJ, Shiota T, Greenberg NL, Thomas JD Ventricular untwisting: a temporal link between left ventricular relaxation and suction Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jan 2008; 294: H505 - H513 triple-sensor Millar catheter (40 mm, distal to middle; and 20 mm, middle to proximal; Millar Instruments) dog diastole; relaxation; suction; torsion
Hong T-T, Huang J, Barrett TD, Lucchesi BR Effects of cyclooxygenase inhibition on canine coronary artery blood flow and thrombosis Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jan 2008; 294: H145 - H155 Millar blood pressure catheter transducer  dog inflammation; vascular reactivity
Banfor PN, Preusser LC, Campbell TJ, Marsh KC, Polakowski JS, Reinhart GA, Cox BF, Fryer RM Comparative effects of levosimendan, OR-1896, OR-1855, dobutamine, and milrinone on vascular resistance, indexes of cardiac function, and O2 consumption in dogs Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jan 2008; 294: H238 - H248 SPC-770, 7F dog cardiac contractility, vasdilation 
Rao L, Ling Y, He R, Gilbert AL, Frangogiannis NG, Wang J, Nagueh SF, Khoury DS Integrated multimodal-catheter imaging unveils principal relationships among ventricular electrical activity, anatomy, and function Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Feb 2008; 294: H1002 - H1009 SPC-350 dog electrophysiology; myocardial infarction; noncontact mapping
Pirat B, Khoury DS, Hartley CJ, Tiller L, Rao L, Schulz DG, Nagueh SF, Zoghbi WA A Novel Feature-Tracking Echocardiographic Method for the Quantitation of Regional Myocardial Function: Validation in an Animal Model of Ischemia-Reperfusion J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., February 12, 2008; 51: 651 - 659 SPC-350 dog velocity vector imaging
Wang J-J, Shrive NG, Parker KH, Tyberg JV Effects of vasoconstriction and SPR-838 vasodilatation on LV and segmental circulatory energetics Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Mar 2008; 294: H1216 - H1225 SPR-838   left ventricle circulatory coupling; systemic vascular resistance; arterial and venous reservoirs
Xiao Y-F, Sigg DC, Ujhelyi MR,  Wilhelm JJ, Richardson ES, Iaizzo PA Pericardial delivery of omega-3 fatty acid: a novel approach to reducing myocardial infarct sizes and arrhythmias Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, May 2008; 294: H2212 - H2218 MPC-500 pig ischemia-reperfusion; pericardium; arrhythmia; myocardial infarction; n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid
Smolich JJ, Mynard JP, Penny DJ Simultaneous pulmonary trunk and pulmonary arterial wave intensity analysis in fetal lambs: evidence for cyclical, midsystolic pulmonary vasoconstriction Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol, May 2008; 294: R1554 - R1562 TCB-500 sheep fetal pulmonary vascular interaction; fetal pulmonary blood flow; fetal pulmonary blood pressure
Sodha NR, Clements RT, Feng J, Liu Y, Bianchi C, Horvath EM, Szabo C, Sellke FW The effects of therapeutic sulfide on myocardial apoptosis in response to ischemia–reperfusion injury Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., May 2008; 33: 906 - 913 catheter-tipped manometer pig Ischemia • Reperfusion • Apoptosis • Cardiac • Sulfide • Protection
Desai KV, Laine GA, Stewart RH, Cox Jr CS, Quick CM, Allen SJ, Fischer UM Mechanics of the left ventricular myocardial interstitium: effects of acute and chronic myocardial edema Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jun 2008; 294: H2428 - H2434 solid-state pressure transducers dog left ventricular chamber compliance; compliance resetting; edemagenic gain
Gross GJ, Gauthier KM, Moore J, Falck JR, Hammock BD, Campbell WB, Nithipatikom K Effects of the selective EET antagonist, 14,15-EEZE, on cardioprotection produced by exogenous or endogenous EETs in the canine heart Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jun 2008; 294: H2838 - H2844 SPC-770, double-tipped Millar dog cytochrome P-450 epoxygenase; epoxyeicosatrienoic acids; soluble epoxide hydrolase; ATP-sensitive potassium channel opener
Remme EW, Lyseggen E, Helle-Valle T, Opdahl A, Pettersen E, Vartdal T, Ragnarsson A, Ljosland M, Ihlen H, Edvardsen T, Smiseth OA Mechanisms of Preejection and Postejection Velocity Spikes in Left Ventricular Myocardium: Interaction Between Wall Deformation and Valve Events Circulation, Jul 2008; 118: 373 - 380 MPC-500 dog, human myocardium
Prunier F, Kawase Y, Gianni D, Scapin C, Danik SB, Ellinor PT, Hajjar RJ, del Monte F Prevention of Ventricular Arrhythmias With Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ ATPase Pump Overexpression in a Porcine Model of Ischemia Reperfusion Circulation, Aug 2008; 118: 614 - 624 Millar pigtail catheter pig ventricular arrhythmias
Cheng A, Nguyen TC, Malinowski M, Daughters GT, Miller DC, Ingels Jr NB Heterogeneity of Left Ventricular Wall Thickening Mechanisms Circulation, Aug 2008; 118: 713 - 721 MPC-500 sheep transmural LV intercellular architecture
Hung J, Solis J, Guerrero JL, Braithwaite GJC, Muratoglu OK, Chaput M,  Fernandez-Friera L, Handschumacher MD, Wedeen VJ, Houser S, Vlahakes GJ, Levine RA A Novel Approach for Reducing Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation by Injection of a Polymer to Reverse Remodel and Reposition Displaced Papillary Muscles Circulation, Sep 2008; 118: S263 - S269 micromanometer-tipped Millar catheter sheep coronary artery disease • left ventricular remodeling • mitral regurgitation
Carlhäll CJ, Nguyen TC,  Itoh A, Ennis DB, Bothe W, Liang D, Ingels NB, Miller DC Alterations in Transmural Myocardial Strain: An Early Marker of Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Mitral Regurgitation? Circulation, Sep 2008; 118: S256 - S262 micromanometer catheter  sheep LV dysfunction • mitral regurgitation • timing of surgery • transmural strain
Jensen MO, Jensen H, Smerup M, Levine RA, Yoganathan AP, Nygaard H, Hasenkam M, Nielsen SL Saddle-Shaped Mitral Valve Annuloplasty Rings Experience Lower Forces Compared With Flat Rings Circulation, Sep 2008; 118: S250 - S255 SPC-350MR pig mitral valve • mitral annuloplasty rings • heart valve diseases
Krishnamurthy G, Ennis DB, Itoh A, Bothe W, Swanson JC, Karlsson M, Kuhl E, Miller DC, Ingels Jr NB. Material properties of the ovine mitral valve anterior leaflet in vivo from inverse finite element analysis Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Sep 2008; 295: H1141 - H1149. MPC-500 sheep mitral valve material properties; inverse finite-element analysis; ovine model; radiopaque markers
Zhou L, Huang H, McElfresh TA, Prosdocimo DA, Stanley WC Impact of anaerobic glycolysis and oxidative substrate selection on contractile function and mechanical efficiency during moderate severity ischemia Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Sep 2008; 295: H939 - H945. 7-Fr high-fidelity transducer catheter  pig angina; fatty acids; glucose; insulin
Banz Y, Rieben R, Zobrist C, Meier P, Shaw S, Lanz J, Carrel T, Berdat P Addition of dextran sulfate to blood cardioplegia attenuates reperfusion injury in a porcine model of cardiopulmonary bypass Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., September 2008; 34: 653 - 660 high-fidelity pressure-sensitive tip transducer  pig Ischemia • Reperfusion • Complement inhibition • Cytoprotection • Endothelium
Nguyen TC, Itoh A, Carlhäll CJ, Bothe W, Timek TA, Ennis DB, Oakes RA, Liang D, Daughters GT, Ingels Jr NB, Miller DC The effect of pure mitral regurgitation on mitral annular geometry and three-dimensional saddle shape J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., September 2008; 136: 557 - 565 micromanometer catheter  sheep annuloplasty rings
Hu X, Mangat I, Leong-Poi H, Ramadeen A, Dorian P Abstract P18: Automated High Frequency Ventilation During Experimental CPR: A New Approach to Resuscitation Circulation, Oct 2008; 118: S_1448 - S_1449 solid state Millar transducers pig manual over-ventilation
Duffy JY, Baker RS, Basu M, Reed C, Heeb EA, Eghtesady P Abstract 5399: Myocardial Contractile Dysfunction is Associated with Fetal Cardiac Bypass in a Sheep Model Circulation, Oct 2008; 118: S_543 pressure catheters sheep Sarcomere Function and Regulation
Rastogi S, Sharov VG, Mishra S, Gupta RC, Blackburn B, Belardinelli L, Stanley WC, Sabbah HN Ranolazine combined with enalapril or metoprolol prevents progressive LV dysfunction and remodeling in dogs with moderate heart failure Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Nov 2008; 295: H2149 - H2155 catheter-tip micromanometers dog ventricular remodeling; sodium current; transcription factors; left ventricle
Richer L-P, Vinet A, Kus T, Cardinal R, Ardell JL, Armour JA α-Adrenoceptor blockade modifies neurally induced atrial arrhythmias Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol, Oct 2008; 295: R1175 - R1180 Millar electronic pressure sensors dog neuromodulation; cardiac nervous system; ganglionic blockade
Voeller RK, Zierer A, Lall SC, Sakamoto S, Chang N-L, Schuessler RB, Moon MR, Damiano Jr RJ The effects of the Cox maze procedure on atrial function J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., November 2008; 136: 1257 - 1264 SPR-766 pig Cardiopulmonary Support and Physiology
Fumoto H, Gillinov AM, Ootaki Y, Akiyama M, Saeed D, Horai T, Ootaki C, Vince, DG, Popovic ZB, Dessoffy R, Massiello A, Catanese J, Fukamachi K A novel device for left atrial appendage exclusion: The third-generation atrial exclusion device J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., October 2008; 136: 1019 - 1027 SPC-350 dog Evolving Technology
Nonaka M, Marui A, Fukuoka M, Shimamoto T, Masuyama S, Ikeda T, Komeda M Differences in mitral valve-left ventricle dimensions between a beating heart and during saline injection test Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., October 2008; 34: 755 - 759 micromanometer pressure transducer dog Saline injection test (regurgitation test) • Mitral valvuloplasty • Mitral leaflets • Mitral annulus • Saddle shape
Suzuki G, yer V, Cimato T, Canty Jr JM Pravastatin Improves Function in Hibernating Myocardium by Mobilizing CD133+ and cKit+ Bone Marrow Progenitor Cells and Promoting Myocytes to Reenter the Growth Phase of the Cardiac Cell Cycle Circ. Res., Dec 2008; doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.188730 Millar catheter pig statins • hibernating myocardium • cardiac repair • bone marrow progenitor cells
Rolland P-H, de Lagausie P, Stathopoulos E, Leprètre O, Viudes G, Gorincour G, Hery G, de Magnée C, Paut O, Guys J-M Phasic hemodynamics and reverse blood flows in the aortic isthmus and pulmonary arteries of preterm lambs with pulmonary vascular dysfunction Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Dec 2008; 295: H2231 - H2241 SPR-249, SPR-612 sheep fetal pulmonary circulation; congenital diaphragmatic hernia; pulmonary reverse flows; pulsatile impedance; endothelin receptor inhibitor
Olson AK, Hyyti OM, Cohen GA, Ning X-H, Sadilek M, Isern N, Portman MA Superior cardiac function via anaplerotic pyruvate in the immature swine heart after cardiopulmonary bypass and reperfusion Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Dec 2008; 295: H2315 - H2320 Millar high-fidelity micromanometer pig cardiac metabolism; pyruvate carboxylation; pyruvate decarboxlyation; citric acid cycle; tricarboxylic acid cycle
Turcott RG, Pavek TJ Hemodynamic sensing using subcutaneous photoplethysmography Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Dec 2008; 295: H2560 - H2572 SPC-340 dog defibrillator; pacemaker; sensor; atrioventricular delay; arrhythmia
Potapova IA, Doronin SV, Kelly DJ, Rosen AB, Schuldt AJT, Lu Z, Kochupura PV, Robinson RB, Rosen MR, Brink PR, Gaudette GR, Cohen IS Enhanced recovery of mechanical function in the canine heart by seeding an extracellular matrix patch with mesenchymal stem cells committed to a cardiac lineage Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Dec 2008; 295: H2257 - H2263 pressure transducer dog human mesenchymal stem cells; myocyte structure; cardiac contractile function; myogenesis; cardiac regeneration; myocardium; heart failure
Rastogi S, Imai M, Sharov VG, Mishra S, Sabbah HN Darbepoetin-α prevents progressive left ventricular dysfunction and remodeling in nonanemic dogs with heart failure Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Dec 2008; 295: H2475 - H2482 catheter-tip micromanometers dog erythropoietin; anemia; ventricular remodeling; stem cells
Koizumi K, Shin H, Toru Matayoshi T, Yozu R Comparison of active and passive coronary perfusion in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Dec 2008; 7: 977 - 980 SPC-320 dog CABG; Off-pump coronary artery bypass; Myocardial protection; Myocardial ischemia
Timmers L, Sluijter JPG, Verlaan CWJ, Steendijk P, Cramer MJ, Emons M, Strijder C, Gründeman PF, Sze SK, Hua L, Piek JJ, Borst C, Pasterkamp G, Kleijn DPV Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibition Increases Mortality, Enhances Left Ventricular Remodeling, and Impairs Systolic Function After Myocardial Infarction in the Pig Circulation, Jan 2007; 115: 326 - 332 pressure-tipped Millar catheter pig myocardial infarction • heart failure • remodeling • enzymes
Axelsson M, Dang Q, Pitsillides K, Munns S, Hicks J, Kassab GS A novel, fully implantable, multichannel biotelemetry system for measurement of blood flow, pressure, ECG, and temperature J Appl Physiol, Mar 2007; 102: 1220 - 1228 1 mm in diameter, 3F, pig, alligator chronic measurements; Doppler flow; telemetry; swine; alligator
Schmidt MR, Smerup M, Konstantinov IE, Shimizu M, Li J, Cheung M, White PA, Kristiansen SB, Sorensen K, Dzavik V, Redington AN, Kharbanda RK Intermittent peripheral tissue ischemia during coronary ischemia reduces myocardial infarction through a KATP-dependent mechanism: first demonstration of remote ischemic perconditioning Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Apr 2007; 292: H1883 - H1890 integrated micromanometer, PVAN pig remote preconditioning; cardioprotection
Lü F, Iaizzo PA, Benditt DG, Mehra R, Warman EN, McHenry BT Isolated Atrial Segment Pacing: An Alternative to His Bundle Pacing After Atrioventricular Junctional Ablation J Am Coll Cardiol, 2007; 49:1443-1449, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.034 (Published online 20 March 2007). MPC-500 pig isolated working swine heart
Kotani Y, Ishino K, Osaki S, Honjo O, Suezawa T, Kanki K, Yutani C, Sano S Efficacy of MCI-186, a free-radical scavenger and antioxidant, for resuscitation of nonbeating donor hearts J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., June 2007; 133: 1626 - 1632 3F pressure-tip catheter pig transplantation
Cortina C, Bermejo J, Yotti R, Desco MM, Rodríguez-Pérez D, Antoranz C, Rojo-Álvarez JL, Garcia D, García-Fernández MA, Fernández-Avilés F Noninvasive Assessment of the Right Ventricular Filling Pressure Gradient Circulation, Aug 2007; 116: 1015 - 1023 Micromanometer catheters pig RV driving filling force 
Shuros AC, Salo RW, Florea VG, Pastore J, Kuskowski MA, Chandrashekhar Y, Anand IS Ventricular Preexcitation Modulates Strain and Attenuates Cardiac Remodeling in a Swine Model of Myocardial Infarction Circulation, Sep 2007; 116: 1162 - 1169 LV pressures (Millar Instruments) pig myocardial infarction • remodeling • heart failure • myocardial contraction • electrical stimulation
Berberian G, Quinn TA, Cabreriza SE, Kenny JS, Garofalo CA, Weinberg AD, Spotnitz HM Left ventricular pacing site and timing optimization during biventricular pacing using a multielectrode patch in pigs J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., September 2007; 134: 574 - 578 5F micromanometer catheters pig Dual-chamber mode biventricular pacing
Ewy GA, Zuercher M, Hilwig RW, Sanders AB, Berg RA, Otto CW, Hayes MM, Kern KB Improved Neurological Outcome With Continuous Chest Compressions Compared With 30:2 Compressions-to-Ventilations Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a Realistic Swine Model of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Circulation, Nov 2007; 116: 2525 - 2530 MPC-500 pig ventilations-to-chest-compression algorithm. CPR
Ghanta RK, Rangaraj A, Umakanthan R, Lee L, Laurence RG, Fox JA, Bolman III RM, Cohn LH, Chen FY Adjustable, Physiological Ventricular Restraint Improves Left Ventricular Mechanics and Reduces Dilatation in an Ovine Model of Chronic Heart Failure Circulation, Mar 2007; 115: 1201 - 1210 High-fidelity micromanometers sheep restraint level
Flewitt JA, Hobson TN, Wang Jr J, Johnston CR, Shrive NG, Belenkie I, Parker KH, Tyberg JV Wave intensity analysis of left ventricular filling: application of windkessel theory Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jun 2007; 292: H2817 - H2823 8-Fr, model PC-480, SPR-524 dog transmitral flow; mitral velocity; E wave; diastolic suction
Joudinaud TM, Kegel CL, Flecher EM, Weber PA, Lansac E, Hvass U, Duran CMG The papillary muscles as shock absorbers of the mitral valve complex. An experimental study Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., July 2007; 32: 96 - 101 TCB 600 and MIKRO-TIP pressure transducers, model 510 sheep Anatomy • Mitral valve • Regurgitation • Papillary muscles • Surgery
Carlhäll C, Kindberg K, Wigström L, Daughters GT, Miller DC, Karlsson M, Ingels Jr NB Contribution of mitral annular dynamics to LV diastolic filling with alteration in preload and inotropic state Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Sep 2007; 293: H1473 - H1479 SPC-500 sheep diastolic function; inotropic augmentation; mitral annular excursion; preload reduction; regional left ventricular filling properties
Beeri R, Yosefy C, Guerrero JL, Abedat S, Handschumacher MD, Stroud RE, Sullivan S, Chaput M, Gilon D, Vlahakes GJ, Spinale FG, Hajjar RJ, Levine RA Early Repair of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Reverses Left Ventricular Remodeling: A Functional and Molecular Study Circulation, Sep 2007; 116: I-288 - I-293 high-fidelity micromanometer-tipped catheter  sheep mitral valve • myocardial infarction • regurgitation • remodeling • surgery
Hung J, Chaput M, Guerrero JL, Handschumacher MD, Papakostas L, Sullivan S, Solis J, Levine RA Persistent Reduction of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation by Papillary Muscle Repositioning: Structural Stabilization of the Papillary Muscle–Ventricular Wall Complex Circulation, Sep 2007; 116: I-259 - I-263 micromanometer-tipped Millar catheter  sheep mitral regurgitation • left ventricular remodeling
Mau J, Menzie S, Ward M, Bundgaard H, Hunyor S Time-dependent response of both ventricles after septal ablation: Implications for biventricular support after left ventricular assist device placement J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., September 2007; 134: 579 - 586 5F Millar catheter-tip pressure transducer sheep percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation
Zhang P, Guccione JM, Nicholas SI, Walker JC, Crawford PC, Shamal A, Acevedo-Bolton G, Guttman MA, Ozturk C, McVeigh ER, Saloner DA, Wallace AW, Ratcliffe MB Endoventricular patch plasty for dyskinetic anteroapical left ventricular aneurysm increases systolic circumferential shortening in sheep J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., October 2007; 134: 1017 - 1024 SPC-350 sheep Dor procedure
Maruo T, Nakatani S, Jin Y, Uemura K, Sugimachi M, Ueda-Ishibashi H, Kitakaze M, Ohe T, Sunagawa K, Miyatake K Evaluation of transmural distribution of viable muscle by myocardial strain profile and dobutamine stress echocardiography Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Feb 2007; 292: H921 - H927 MPC-500 dog echocardiography
Jin Y-T, Hasebe N, Matsusaka T, Natori S, Ohta T, Tsuji S, Kikuchi K Magnesium attenuates isoproterenol-induced acute cardiac dysfunction and β-adrenergic desensitization Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Mar 2007; 292: H1593 - H1599 SPC-350 dog calcium overload; free radical; dog, left ventricular; tau
Hobson TN, Flewitt JA, Belenkie I, Tyberg JV Wave intensity analysis of left atrial mechanics and energetics in anesthetized dogs Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Mar 2007; 292: H1533 - H1540 2-F micromanometer dog hemodynamics; left atrium; A wave; Ar wave; Doppler echocardiography
Wang J, Khoury DS, Thohan V, Torre-Amione G, Nagueh SF Global Diastolic Strain Rate for the Assessment of Left Ventricular Relaxation and Filling Pressures Circulation, Mar 2007; 115: 1376 - 1383 7F dog Global SRIVR by 2-dimensional speckle tracking
Fukuoka M, Nonaka M, Masuyama S, Shimamoto T, Tambara K, Yoshida H, Ikeda T, Komeda M Chordal "translocation" for functional mitral regurgitation with severe valve tenting: An effort to preserve left ventricular structure and function J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., April 2007; 133: 1004 - 1011 MPC-500 dog chordae tendineae
Hori Y, Kano T, Hoshi F, Higuchi S Relationship between tissue Doppler-derived RV systolic function and invasive hemodynamic measurements Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jul 2007; 293: H120 - H125 3.5-Fr micromanometer-tipped catheter dog dog; right ventricle; systolic myocardial velocity; tissue Doppler imaging
Coppola BA, Covell JW, McCulloch AD, Omens JH Asynchrony of ventricular activation affects magnitude and timing of fiber stretch in late-activated regions of the canine heart Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jul 2007; 293: H754 - H761 8-Fr pigtail micromanometer catheter with a lumen dog ventricular pacing; mechanical activation; fiber stretch; dyssynchrony
Akar FG, Nass RD, Hahn S, Cingolani E, Shah M, Hesketh GG, DiSilvestre D,  Tunin RS, Kass DA, Tomaselli GF Dynamic changes in conduction velocity and gap junction properties during development of pacing-induced heart failure Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Aug 2007; 293: H1223 - H1230 Millar catheter dog electrical remodeling; connexin; arrhythmias
Jaber WA, Lam CSP, Meyer DM, Redfield MM Revisiting methods for assessing and comparing left ventricular diastolic stiffness: impact of relaxation, external forces, hypertrophy, and comparators Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Nov 2007; 293: H2738 - H2746 high-fidelity micromanometer-tipped catheter  dog hemodynamics; heart failure; methods; pericardium
Johnson L, Kim HK, Tanabe M, Gorcsan J, Schwartzman D, Shroff SG, Pinsky MR Differential effects of left ventricular pacing sites in an acute canine model of contraction dyssynchrony Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Nov 2007; 293: H3046 - H3055 MPC-500 dog cardiac resynchronization therapy; left ventricular global performance; myocardial strain; tissue Doppler imaging
Wang J, Khoury DS, Yue Y, Torre-Amione G, Nagueh SF Left Ventricular Untwisting Rate by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Circulation, Nov 2007; 116: 2580 - 2586 7F  dog dobutamine and esmolol infusion
da Cunha DNQ, Hamlin RL, Billman GE, Carnes CA n-3 (omega-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids prevent acute atrial electrophysiological remodeling  British Journal of Pharmacology 150, 281 - 285 (01 Feb 2007) SPC-350 dog antiarrhythmic agents, atrial function, ECG, atrial fibrillation, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids
Kast R, Schirok H, Figueroa-Pérez S, Mittendorf J, Gnoth MJ, Apeler H, Lenz J, Franz JK, Knorr A, Hütter J, Lobell M, Zimmermann K, Münter K, Augstein KH, Ehmke H, Stasch JP Cardiovascular effects of a novel potent and highly selective azaindole-based inhibitor of Rho-kinase British Journal of Pharmacology 152, 1070 - 1080 (15 Oct 2007) PC-350 rat, dog Rho-kinase inhibitor, in vitro selectivity, vasorelaxation, blood pressure, heart rate, hypertension
 
Weinstock J, Maron BJ, Song C, Mane PP, Estes NAM, Link MS Failure of Commercially Available Chest Wall Protectors to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death Induced by Chest Wall Blows in an Experimental Model of Commotio Cordis PEDIATRICS (doi:10.1542/peds.2005-1270) Millar Mikrotip pig death • sudden cardiac • arrhythmia • ventricular fibrillation • pediatrics • commotio cordis • athletes
Okere IC, McElfresh TA, Brunengraber DZ, Martini W, Sterk JP, Huang H, Chandler MP, Brunengraber H, Stanley WC Differential effects of heptanoate and hexanoate on myocardial citric acid cycle intermediates following ischemia-reperfusion J Appl Physiol, Jan 2006; 100: 76 - 82 high-fidelity manometer-tipped catheter pig anaplerosis; fatty acids; heart; metabolism; mitochondria; pyruvate dehydrogenase
Schwartz LM, Lagranha CJ Ischemic postconditioning during reperfusion activates Akt and ERK without protecting against lethal myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in pigs Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Mar 2006; 290: H1011 - H1018 SPC-780C pig swine; signal transduction; extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2; infarction; ischemic preconditioning
Berberian G, Quinn TA, Cabreriza SE, Garofalo CA, Barrios DM, Weinberg AD, Spotnitz HM Load dependence of cardiac output in biventricular pacing: Left ventricular volume overload in pigs J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Mar 2006; 131: 666 - 670 5F micromanometer catheters pig perioperative temporary biventricular pacing
Weinstock J, Maron BJ, Song C, Mane PP, Estes III NAM, Link MS Failure of Commercially Available Chest Wall Protectors to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death Induced by Chest Wall Blows in an Experimental Model of Commotio Cordis Pediatrics, Apr 2006; 117: e656 - e662 Millar catheter pig death • sudden cardiac • arrhythmia • ventricular fibrillation • pediatrics • commotio cordis • athletes
Barrabés JA, Garcia-Dorado D, Agulló L, Rodríguez-Sinovas A, Padilla F, Trobo L, Soler-Soler J Intracoronary infusion of Gd3+ into ischemic region does not suppress phase Ib ventricular arrhythmias after coronary occlusion in swine Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jun 2006; 290: H2344 - H2350 micromanometer-tipped catheter pig ischemia; stretch; mechanoelectrical coupling; ventricular dilation; sudden death
Quinn TA, Berberian G, Cabreriza SE, Maskin LJ, Weinberg AD, Holmes JW, Spotnitz HM Effects of sequential biventricular pacing during acute right ventricular pressure overload Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Nov 2006; 291: H2380 - H2387 Solid-state pressure transducer catheters 5-Fr pig ventricular mechanics; interventricular synchrony; cardiac output; perioperative pacing; cardiac resynchronization therapy
Tozzi P, Hayoz D, Sinisclachi G, von Segesser LK VERMEIDUNG VON MYOINTIMALER HYPERPLASIE IN EINEM PULMONALARTERIELLEN NIEDERFLUSSANASTOMOSEMODELL BEIM SCHWEIN SwissPerfusion, November 2006 MPC-500 schwein Gefäßanastomosen, Intima-Hyperplasie, Anastomosen-Stenose, Wandscherkräfte
Guccione JM, Walker JC, Beitler JR, Moonly SM, Zhang P, Guttman MA, Ozturk C, McVeigh ER, Wallace AW, Saloner DA, Ratcliffe MB The effect of anteroapical aneurysm plication on end-systolic three-dimensional strain in the sheep: A magnetic resonance imaging tagging study J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Mar 2006; 131: 579 - 586 SPC-320 sheep left ventricular aneurysm
Langer F, Rodriguez F, Cheng A, Ortiz S, Nguyen TC, Zasio MK, Liang D, Daughters GT, Ingels NB, Miller DC Posterior mitral leaflet extension: An adjunctive repair option for ischemic mitral regurgitation? J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Apr 2006; 131: 868 - 877 SPC-500 sheep restricted leaflet (Carpentier type IIIb) systolic closing motion
Leshnower BG, Sakamoto H,Zeeshan A, Parish LM, Hinmon R, Plappert T, Jackson BM, Gorman III JH, Gorman RC Role of acetaminophen in acute myocardial infarction Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jun 2006; 290: H2424 - H2431 SPC-350S, SPR-524 sheep, rabbit reperfusion therapy; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; sonomicrometry array localization
Messas E, Yosefy C, Chaput M, Guerrero JL, Sullivan S, Menasché P, Carpentier A, Desnos M, Hagege AA, Vlahakes GJ, Levine RA Chordal Cutting Does Not Adversely Affect Left Ventricle Contractile Function Circulation, Jul 2006; 114: I-524 - I-528 5-F micromanometer-tipped Millar catheter sheep chordae • echocardiography • mitral valve • regurgitation
Kilic A, Li T, Nolan TDC,Nash JR, Li S, Prastein DJ, Schwartzbauer G,  Moainie SL, Yankey GK, DeFilippi C, Wu Z, Griffith BP Strain-related regional alterations of calcium-handling proteins in myocardial remodeling J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Oct 2006; 132: 900 - 908 SPC-350 sheep postinfarction cardiac remodeling
Sakamoto H, Parish LM, Hamamoto H, Enomoto Y, Zeeshan A, Plappert T, Jackson BM, St. John-Sutton MG, Gorman RC, Gorman III JH Effects of hemodynamic alterations on anterior mitral leaflet curvature during systole J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Dec 2006; 132: 1414 - 1419 SPC-350 sheep phenylephrine hydrochloride infusion
Wang J-J, Flewitt JA, Shrive NG, Parker KH, Tyberg JV Systemic venous circulation. Waves propagating on a windkessel: relation of arterial and venous windkessels to systemic vascular resistance Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jan 2006; 290: H154 - H162 2F dog systemic circulation
Wu G, Du Z, Hu C, Zheng Z, Zhan C, Ma H, Fang D,  Ahmed KT, Laham RJ, Hui JCK, Lawson WE Angiogenic effects of long-term enhanced external counterpulsation in a dog model of myocardial infarction Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jan 2006; 290: H248 - H254 pressure transducer catheter dog angiogenesis; collateral circulation; growth factors; infarction; ventricular function
Hong T-T, Huang J, Lucchesi BR Effect of thrombolysis on myocardial injury: recombinant tissue plasminogen activator vs. alfimeprase Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Mar 2006; 290: H959 - H967 Millar Mikro-Tip pressure-sensitive transducer catheter dog myocardium; reperfusion injury; thrombolytic agents
Verbeek XAAM, Auricchio A, Yu Y,  Ding J, Pochet T,  Vernooy K,  Kramer A, Spinelli J, Prinzen FW Tailoring cardiac resynchronization therapy using interventricular asynchrony. Validation of a simple model Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Mar 2006; 290: H968 - H977 SPC-780C dog bundle-branch block; conduction; heart failure; pacing; ventricles
Yong-Mei Cha, Petras P. Dzeja, Margaret M. Redfield, Win K. Shen, and Andre Terzic Bioenergetic protection of failing atrial and ventricular myocardium by vasopeptidase inhibitor omapatrilat Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Apr 2006; 290: H1686 - H1692 high-fidelity Millar catheter dog atria; ventricle; adenylate kinase; creatine kinase; energy metabolism; heart failure
Popovic ZB, Prasad A, Garcia MJ, Arbab-Zadeh A, Borowski A, Dijk E, Greenberg NL, Levine BD, Thomas JD Relationship among diastolic intraventricular pressure gradients, relaxation, and preload: impact of age and fitness Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Apr 2006; 290: H1454 - H1459 micromanometer-tipped catheter dog aging; diastolic function; pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; isovolumic relaxation
Cannesson M, Jacques D, Pinsky MR, Gorcsan III J Effects of modulation of left ventricular contractile state and loading conditions on tissue Doppler myocardial performance index Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, May 2006; 290: H1952 - H1959 MPC-500 dog contractility; echocardiography; ventricles
Kroeker CAG, Adeeb S, Shrive NG, Tyberg JV Compression induced by RV pressure overload decreases regional coronary blood flow in anesthetized dogs Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jun 2006; 290: H2432 - H2438 6-Fr micromanometer-tipped catheters dog diastole; mechanics; microspheres; right ventricle; left ventricle; finite element modeling; myocardial ischemia
Morita H, Khanal S, Rastogi S, Suzuki G, Imai M, Todor A, Sharov VG, Goldstein S, O'Neill TP, Sabbah HN Selective matrix metalloproteinase inhibition attenuates progression of left ventricular dysfunction and remodeling in dogs with chronic heart failure Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jun 2006; 290: H2522 - H2527 catheter-tip micromanometers dog hemodynamics; PG-530742; left ventricular ejection fraction
George I, Yi G-H, Schulman AR, Morrow BT, Cheng Y, Gu A, Zhang G, Oz MC, Burkhoff D, Wang J A polymerized bovine hemoglobin oxygen carrier preserves regional myocardial function and reduces infarct size after acute myocardial ischemia Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 291, Sep 2006: H1126-H1137, 2006 SPC-360S dog coronary; blood; nitric oxide inhibitor
Yada T, Shimokawa H, Hiramatsu O, Haruna Y, Morita Y, Kashihara N, Shinozaki Y, Mori H, Goto M, Ogasawara Y, Kajiya F Cardioprotective role of endogenous hydrogen peroxide during ischemia-reperfusion injury in canine coronary microcirculation in vivo Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Sep 2006; 291: H1138 - H1146 SPC-784A dog endothelium-derived relaxing factor; myocardial infarction; vascular endothelial function
Pacella JJ, Villanueva FS Effect of Coronary Stenosis on Adjacent Bed Flow Reserve: Assessment of Microvascular Mechanisms Using Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Circulation, Oct 2006; 114: 1940 - 1947 high-fidelity micromanometer-tipped catheter dog flow reserve
Kroeker CAG, Adeeb S, Tyberg JV, Shrive NG A 2D FE model of the heart demonstrates the role of the pericardium in ventricular deformation Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Nov 2006; 291: H2229 - H2236 8-Fr micromanometer-tipped catheters dog ventricular function, right ventricular overload; finite element analysis
Cardinal R,Pagé P, Vermeulen M, Bouchard C, Ardell JL, Foreman RD, Armour JA Spinal cord stimulation suppresses bradycardias and atrial tachyarrhythmias induced by mediastinal nerve stimulation in dogs Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol, Nov 2006; 291: R1369 - R1375 Millar electronic pressure sensors dog intrinsic cardiac nervous system
Sun Y, Belenkie I, Wang J-J, Tyberg JV Assessment of right ventricular diastolic suction in dogs with the use of wave intensity analysis Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Dec 2006; 291: H3114 - H3121 SPC-471, SPR-524 dog diastole; hemodynamics; tricuspid valve; velocity; pressure
           
Kadem L, Dumesnil JG, Rieu R, Durand L-G, Garcia D, Pibarot P Impact of systemic hypertension on the assessment of aortic stenosis Heart 2005;91:354-361 multisensor Millar catheter pig aortic stenosis; Doppler echocardiography; haemodynamic function; hypertension; left ventricular function
Berg RA, Sorrell VL, Kern KB, Hilwig RW, Altbach MI, Hayes MM, Bates KA, Ewy GA Magnetic Resonance Imaging During Untreated Ventricular Fibrillation Reveals Prompt Right Ventricular Overdistention Without Left Ventricular Volume Loss Circulation, Mar 2005; 111: 1136 - 1140 MPC-500 pig cardiopulmonary resuscitation • heart arrest • hemodynamics • magnetic resonance imaging • ventricular fibrillation
Nielsen SL, Hansen SB, Nielsen KO, Nygaard H, Paulsen PK, Hasenkam JM Imbalanced chordal force distribution causes acute ischemic mitral regurgitation: Mechanistic insights from chordae tendineae force measurements in pigs J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Mar 2005; 129: 525 - 531 SPC-350MR pig echocardiography
Deschamps AM, Apple KA, Leonardi AH, McLean JE, Yarbrough WM, Stroud RE, Clark LL, Sample JA, Spinale FG Myocardial Interstitial Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity Is Altered by Mechanical Changes in LV Load: Interaction With the Angiotensin Type 1 Receptor Circ. Res., May 2005; 96: 1110 - 1118 7.5 F pig matrix metalloproteinase • extracellular matrix • angiotensin II type I receptor
Yannopoulos D, Nadkarni VM, McKnite SH, Rao A, Kruger K, Metzger A, Benditt DG, Lurie KG Intrathoracic Pressure Regulator During Continuous-Chest-Compression Advanced Cardiac Resuscitation Improves Vital Organ Perfusion Pressures in a Porcine Model of Cardiac Arrest Circulation, Aug 2005; 112: 803 - 811 Mikro-Tip Transducer pig ITPR-CPR, STD-CPR
Sengupta PP, Khandheria BK, Korinek J, Wang J, Belohlavek M Biphasic tissue Doppler waveforms during isovolumic phases are associated with asynchronous deformation of subendocardial and subepicardial layers J Appl Physiol, Sep 2005; 99: 1104 - 1111 manometer-tipped catheters pig myocardial contraction; mechanics; echocardiography; tissue Doppler imaging; isovolumic contraction; isovolumic relaxation
Ovchinnikov V, Suzuki G, Canty Jr JM, Fallavollita JA Blunted functional responses to pre- and postjunctional sympathetic stimulation in hibernating myocardium Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Oct 2005; 289: H1719 - H1728 transducer-tipped catheter pig hibernation; sympathetic nerves; catecholamines; myocardial contraction
Iyer VS, Canty Jr JM Regional Desensitization of ß-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling in Swine With Chronic Hibernating Myocardium Circ. Res., Oct 2005; 97: 789 - 795 5F end-hole micromanometer pig ß-receptors • hibernating myocardium • chronic ischemic heart disease • adenylyl cyclase
Pandalai PK, Lyons JM, Duffy JY, McLean KM, Wagner CJ, Merrill WH, Pearl JM, Akhter SA Role of the ß-adrenergic receptor kinase in myocardial dysfunction after brain death J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Oct 2005; 130: 1183 - 1189 Pressure transducer-tipped 2F or 3F catheters pig cyclic adenosine monophosphate
Yotti R, Bermejo J, Antoranz JC, Desco MM, Cortina C, Rojo-Álvarez JL, Allué C, Martín L, Moreno M, Serrano JA, Muñoz R, García-Fernández MA A Noninvasive Method for Assessing Impaired Diastolic Suction in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy Circulation, Nov 2005; 112: 2921 - 2929 needle micromanometer, dual-micromanometer catheter (3-cm sensor spacing, Millar Instruments) pig cardiomyopathy • echocardiography • heart failure • imaging • diastole
Stanley WC, Morgan EE, Huang H, McElfresh TA, Sterk JP, Okere IC, Chandler MP, Cheng J, Dyck JRB, Lopaschuk GD Malonyl-CoA decarboxylase inhibition suppresses fatty acid oxidation and reduces lactate production during demand-induced ischemia Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Dec 2005; 289: H2304 - H2309 high-fidelity manometer-tipped catheter pig carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I; glucose; heart; lactate; myocardium
Rondelet B, Kerbaul F, Van Beneden R, Hubloue I, Huez S, Fesler P, Remmelink M, Brimioulle S, Salmon I, Naeije R Prevention of pulmonary vascular remodeling and of decreased BMPR-2 expression by losartan therapy in shunt-induced pulmonary hypertension Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Dec 2005; 289: H2319 - H2324 SPC-350 pig left-to-right shunt; angiotensin II; endothelin-1; angiopoietin; bone morphogenetic protein receptor-2
Santana DB, Barra JG, Grignola JC, Ginés FF, Armentano RL Pulmonary artery smooth muscle activation attenuates arterial dysfunction during acute pulmonary hypertension J Appl Physiol 98: 605-613, 2005. SPC-370, 7F sheep buffering function; arterial wall viscoelasticity; characteristic impedance
Santana DB, Barra JG, Grignola JC, Ginés FF, Armentano RL Pulmonary artery smooth muscle activation attenuates arterial dysfunction during acute pulmonary hypertension J Appl Physiol 98: 605-613, 2005. SPC-370, 7F sheep buffering function; arterial wall viscoelasticity; characteristic impedance
Harrington KB, Rodriguez F, Cheng A, Langer F, Ashikaga H, Daughters GT, Criscione JC, Ingels NB, Miller DC Direct measurement of transmural laminar architecture in the anterolateral wall of the ovine left ventricle: new implications for wall thickening mechanics Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Mar 2005; 288: H1324 - H1330 SPC-500 sheep cardiac microstructure; sheets
Enomoto Y, Gorman III JH, Moainie SL, Guy TS, Jackson BM, Parish LM, Plappert T, Zeeshan A, St. John-Sutton MG, Gorman RC Surgical treatment of ischemic mitral regurgitation might not influence ventricular remodeling J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Mar 2005; 129: 504 - 511 SPC-350 sheep post-infarction remodeling
Cheng A, Langer F,Rodriguez F, Criscione JC, Daughters GT, Miller DC, Ingels Jr NB Transmural cardiac strains in the lateral wall of the ovine left ventricle Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Apr 2005; 288: H1546 - H1556 MPC-500 sheep wall thickening; left ventricle myocardium; systolic function
Hashimoto I, Li X-K, Hejmadi Bhat AH, Jones M, Sahn DJ Quantitative assessment of regional peak myocardial acceleration during isovolumic contraction and relaxation times by tissue Doppler imaging Heart, Jun 2005; 91: 811 - 816 SPC-350 sheep contractility; echocardiography; relaxation; ventricle
Langer F, Rodriguez F, Ortiz S, Cheng A, Nguyen TC, Zasio MK, Liang D, Daughters GT, Ingels NB, Miller DC Subvalvular Repair: The Key to Repairing Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation? Circulation, Aug 2005; 112: I-383 - I-389 SPC-500 sheep ischemic mitral regurgitation • mitral valve • mitral valve repair
Walker JC, Ratcliffe MB, Zhang P, Wallace AW, Fata B, Hsu EW, Saloner D, Guccione JM MRI-based finite-element analysis of left ventricular aneurysm Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Aug 2005; 289: H692 - H700 SPC-320 sheep tagged magnetic resonance imaging; computational modeling; diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging; ventricular remodeling; congestive heart failure
Langeland S, D’hooge J, Wouters PF, Leather HA, Claus P, Bijnens B, Sutherland GR Experimental Validation of a New Ultrasound Method for the Simultaneous Assessment of Radial and Longitudinal Myocardial Deformation Independent of Insonation Angle Circulation, Oct 2005; 112: 2157 - 2162 Millar catheter sheep echocardiography • strain • angle dependency
Martinez RR, Setty S, Zong P, Tune JD, Downey HF Nitric oxide contributes to right coronary vasodilation during systemic hypoxia Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Mar 2005; 288: H1139 - H1146 high-fidelity 3-Fr micro-tip catheter pressure transducer dog right ventricular function; right ventricular oxygen balance; myocardial oxygen consumption
Xu J, Kussmaul W, Kurnik PB, Al-Ahdav M, Pelleg A Electrophysiological-anatomic correlates of ATP-triggered vagal reflex in the dog. V. Role of purinergic receptors Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol, Mar 2005; 288: R651 - R655 electronic pressure transducer-tipped catheter dog P2X; 2',3'-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)-ATP; diinosine pentaphosphate; vasovagal syncope
Lyseggen E, Rabben SI, Skulstad H, Urheim S, Risoe C, Smiseth OA Myocardial Acceleration During Isovolumic Contraction: Relationship to Contractility Circulation, Mar 2005; 111: 1362 - 1369 MPC-500 dog echocardiography • ischemia • contractility • myocardial contraction • acceleration
Corvera JS, Kin H, Dobson GP, Kerendi F, Halkos ME, Katzmark S, Payne CS, Zhao Z-Q, Guyton RA, Vinten-Johansen J Polarized arrest with warm or cold adenosine/lidocaine blood cardioplegia is equivalent to hypothermic potassium blood cardioplegia J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Mar 2005; 129: 599 - 606 MPC-500 dog myocardial protection, cardioplegia
Caswell JE, Strange MB, Rimmer III DM, Gibson MF, Cole P, Lefer DJ A novel hemoglobin-based blood substitute protects against myocardial reperfusion injury Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Apr 2005; 288: H1796 - H1801 MPC-500, MPC-350 dog infarction; contractility; neutrophils; ischemia
Toyota E, Ogasawara Y, Hiramatsu O, Tachibana H, Kajiya F, Yamamori S, Chilian WM Dynamics of flow velocities in endocardial and epicardial coronary arterioles Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Apr 2005; 288: H1598 - H1603 SPC-784A dog microcirculation; circulation; rheology; ischemia
Wang Z, Jalali F, Sun Y-H, Wang J-J, Parker KH, Tyberg JV Assessment of left ventricular diastolic suction in dogs using wave-intensity analysis Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Apr 2005; 288: H1641 - H1651 catheter-tip manometers dog diastole; hemodynamics; mitral valve; ventricles
Urheim S, Rabben SI, Skulstad H, Lyseggen E, Ihlen H, Smiseth OA Regional myocardial work by strain Doppler echocardiography and LV pressure: a new method for quantifying myocardial function Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, May 2005; 288: H2375 - H2380 MPC-500 dog sonomicrometry; pressure-strain loop
Helm RH, Leclercq C, Faris OP, Ozturk C, McVeigh E, Lardo AC, Kass DA Cardiac Dyssynchrony Analysis Using Circumferential Versus Longitudinal Strain: Implications for Assessing Cardiac Resynchronization Circulation, May 2005; 111: 2760 - 2767 1.4F Millar microtip catheter dog resynchronization therapy • heart failure • bundle-branch block • pacing
Wang, Abraham TP, Korinek J, Urheim S, McMahon EM, Belohlavek M Delayed Onset of Subendocardial Diastolic Thinning at Rest Identifies Hypoperfused Myocardium Circulation, Jun 2005; 111: 2943 - 2950 6F micromanometer catheter dog myocardial relaxation • ischemia • regional blood flow • echocardiography • diastole
Uemura K, Kawada T, Kamiya A, Aiba T, Hidaka I, Sunagawa K, Sugimachi M Prediction of circulatory equilibrium in response to changes in stressed blood volume Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Jul 2005; 289: H301 - H307 SPC-751 dog β-adrenoceptors; congestive heart failure; G protein-coupled receptor kinase; renin-angiotensin system blockade
Mitchell JR, Whitelaw WA, Sas R, Smith ER, Tyberg JV, Belenkie I RV filling modulates LV function by direct ventricular interaction during mechanical ventilation Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Aug 2005; 289: H549 - H557 SPC-484A dog right ventricle; left ventricle
Gaynor SL, Maniar HS, Bloch JB, Steendijk P, Moon MR Right Atrial and Ventricular Adaptation to Chronic Right Ventricular Pressure Overload Circulation, Aug 2005; 112: I-212 - I-218 MPC-500, SPR-843 dog atrium • hypertension, pulmonary • pulmonary heart disease
Kochupura PV, Azeloglu EU, Kelly DJ, Doronin SV, Badylak SF, Krukenkamp IB, Cohen IS, Gaudette GR Tissue-Engineered Myocardial Patch Derived From Extracellular Matrix Provides Regional Mechanical Function Circulation, Aug 2005; 112: I-144 - I-149 pressure transducer dog heart failure • surgery • mechanics • remodeling • myocytes
Hennan JK, Elokdah H, Leal M, Ji A, Friedrichs GS, Morgan GA, Swillo RE, Antrilli TM, Hreha A, Crandall DL  Evaluation of PAI-039 [{1-Benzyl-5-[4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]-1H-indol-3-yl}(oxo)acetic Acid], a Novel Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Inhibitor, in a Canine Model of Coronary Artery Thrombosis  JPET 314:710-716, 2005 Mikro-tip catheter dog electrolytic injury
Ashikaga H, Mickelsen SR, Ennis DB, Rodriguez I, Kellman P, Wen H, McVeigh ER Electromechanical analysis of infarct border zone in chronic myocardial infarction Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Sep 2005; 289: H1099 - H1105 SPC-350 dog electromechanical mapping; magnetic resonance imaging
O’Rourke MF New Noninvasive Method for Assessment of Left Ventricular Rotation: Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Circulation, Nov 2005; 112: 3149 - 3156 MPC-500 dog echocardiography • ventricles • torsion • magnetic resonance imaging • rotation
VanTeeffelen JWGE, Dekker S, Fokkema DS, Siebes M, Vink H, Spaan JAE Hyaluronidase treatment of coronary glycocalyx increases reactive hyperemia but not adenosine hyperemia in dog hearts Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, Dec 2005; 289: H2508 - H2513 SPC-350 dog coronary circulation; hyaluronidase; dogs
Lyseggen E, Skulstad H, Helle-Valle T, Vartdal T, Urheim S, Rabben S, Opdahl A, Ihlen H, Smiseth OA Myocardial Strain Analysis in Acute Coronary Occlusion: A Tool to Assess Myocardial Viability and Reperfusion Circulation, December 20/27, 2005; 112: 3901 - 3910 MPC-500 dog systolic myocardial compliance
           
Canty Jr JM, Suzuki G, Banas MD, Verheyen F, Borgers M, Fallavollita JA Hibernating Myocardium: Chronically Adapted to Ischemia but Vulnerable to Sudden Death Circulation Research. 2004;94:1142 5F Mikro-Tip Catheter pig hibernating myocardium • sudden cardiac death • ventricular fibrillation
Kristo G, Yoshimura Y, Niu J, Keith BJ, Mentzer Jr RM, Bünger R, Lasley RD
The intermediary metabolite pyruvate attenuates stunning and reduces infarct size in in vivo porcine myocardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 286: H517-H524, 2004
5FMikro-Tip catheter pig
energetics; myocardial ischemia; reperfusion
Menegazzi JJ, Callaway CW, Sherman LD, Hostler DP, Wang HE, Fertig KC, Logue ES
Ventricular Fibrillation Scaling Exponent Can Guide Timing of Defibrillation and Other Therapies
Circulation. 2004;109:926-931
Mikro-Tip catheter pig
fibrillation • heart arrest • defibrillation • cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Pislaru C, Bruce CJ, Anagnostopoulos PC, Allen JL, Seward JB, Pellikka PA, Ritman EL, Greenleaf JF Ultrasound Strain Imaging of Altered Myocardial Stiffness Circulation. 2004;109:2905-2910.) Mikro-Tip Catheter pig echocardiography • diastole • myocardial infarction • stunning, myocardial • myocardial stiffness
Schmidt MR, Smerup M, Kristiansen SB, Bøtker HE, Schmitz O, Hjortdal VE, Sørensen KE, Redington AN Maternal Hyperglycemia Improves Fetal Cardiac Function During Tachycardia-Induced Heart Failure in Pigs Circulation. 2004;110:2627-2630 1.4F high-fidelity pressure catheter pig heart failure • tachycardia • glucose
Castellá M, Buckberg GD Reduction of systolic and diastolic dysfunction by retrograde coronary sinus perfusion during off-pump coronary surgery J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Apr 2004; 127: 1018 - 1025 MPC-500 pig Cardiopulmonary support and physiology, mid-left anterior descending coronary artery ischemia
de Zeeuw S, Borst C, Gründeman PF Myocardial blood supply through a direct left ventricle–coronary artery shunt is not aided by augmented coronary capacitance J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Jun 2004; 127: 1751 - 1758 pressure catheters pig Cardiopulmonary support and physiology
Rabkin DG, Cabreriza SE, Curtis LJ, Mazer SP, Kanter JP, Weinberg AD, Hordof AJ, Spotnitz HM Load dependence of cardiac output in biventricular pacing: Right ventricular pressure overload in pigs J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Jun 2004; 127: 1713 - 1722 RV micromanometer pig Cardiopulmonary support and physiology
Suematsu Y, Marx GR, Triedman JK, Mihaljevic T, Mora BN, Takamoto S, del Nido PJ Three-dimensional echocardiography–guided atrial septectomy: An experimental study J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Jul 2004; 128: 53 - 59 5F micromanometer-tipped catheter pig Surgery for congenital heart disease
Huang Y, Hunyor SN, Jiang L , Kawaguchi O, Shirota K, Ikeda Y, Yuasa T, Gallagher G, Zeng B, Zheng X Remodeling of the chronic severely failing ischemic sheep heart after coronary microembolization: functional, energetic, structural, and cellular responses Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 286: H2141-H2150, 2004 5F Mikro-Tip Catheter sheep neurohormones; pressure-volume loops; contractile reserve and energy efficiency; collagen and its phenotypes; wall stress and caspases
Chen RL, Penny DJ, Greve G, Lab MJ Stretch-induced regional mechanoelectric dispersion and arrhythmia in the right ventricle of anesthetized lambs  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 286: H1008-H1014, 2004 Mikro-Tip catheter sheep (lamb) mechanoelectric feedback; early afterdepolarizations
Wang S, Dusting GJ, May CN, Woodman OL 3',4'-Dihydroxyflavonol reduces infarct size and injury associated with myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion in sheep British Journal of Pharmacology (2004) 142, 443–452 4F catheter-tipped manometer sheep Flavonoid, myocardial infarction, ischaemia, reperfusion, antioxidant, nitric oxide
Ashikaga H, Criscione JC, Omens JH, Covell JW, Ingels Jr NB Transmural left ventricular mechanics underlying torsional recoil during relaxation Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 286: H640-H647, 2004 8F Mikro-Tip catheter dog restoring force; transmural deformation; fiber; sheet
Rabinowitz JD, Wensley M, Lloyd P, Myers D, Shen W, Lu A, Hodges C, Hale R, Mufson D, Zaffaroni A Fast Onset Medications through Thermally Generated Aerosols JPET 309:769-775, 2004 MPC-500 dog Neuropharmacology
Wauthy P, Pagnamenta A, Vassalli F, Naeije R, Brimioulle S Right ventricular adaptation to pulmonary hypertension: an interspecies comparison  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 286: H1441-H1447, 2004 SPC 350 dog, goat, pig heart failure; contractility; ventricular-arterial coupling
Skyschally A, Haude M, Dörge H, Thielmann M, Duschin A, van de Sand A, Konietzka I, Büchert A, Aker S, Massoudy P, Schulz R, Erbel R, Heusch G Glucocorticoid Treatment Prevents Progressive Myocardial Dysfunction Resulting From Experimental Coronary Microembolization Circulation. 2004;109:2337-2342 SPC-350 dog microcirculation • inflammation • ischemia • myocardial contraction
Belenkie I, Sas R, Mitchell J, Smith ER, Tyberg JV Opening the pericardium during pulmonary artery constriction improves cardiac function J Appl Physiol 96; 917-922, 2004 SPC-485A dog acute pulmonary hypertension; ventricular interaction
Sun Y-H,  Anderson TJ, Parker KH, Tyberg JV Effects of left ventricular contractility and coronary vascular resistance on coronary dynamics Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 286: H1590-H1595, 2004 SPC-485A dog wave intensity analysis; coronary flow impediment
Schenk S,Popovi B, Ochiai Y, Casas F, McCarthy PM, Starling RC, Kopcak Jr MW, Dessoffy R, Navia JL, Greenberg NL, Thomas JD, Fukamachi K  Preload-adjusted right ventricular maximal power: concept and validation  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H1632-H1640, 2004 SPC-751, SPC-350, SPC-562-1 dog hemodynamics; contractility; right ventricle
Hamilton DR, Sas R, Tyberg JV Atrioventricular nonuniformity of pericardial constraint  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H1700-H1704, 2004 SPR279, SPR249 dog dogs; diastole physiology; systole physiology; pericardium physiology; ventricular function; ventricular pressure; atrial function; atrial pressure
Friedrich I, Börgermann J, Splittgerber FH, Brinkmann M, Reidemeister JC, Silber RE, Seeger W, Schmidt R, Günther A Bronchoscopic surfactant administration preserves gas exchange and pulmonary compliance after single lung transplantation in dogs J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Feb 2004; 127: 335 - 343 pressure transducers dog Alveofact, leukocyte influx, vascular leakage, arterial oxygenation
Inoue M, McCarthy PM, Popovic ZB, Doi K, Schenk S, Nemeh H, Ootaki Y, Kopcak Jr MW, Dessoffy R, Thomas JD, Fukamachi K The Coapsys device to treat functional mitral regurgitation: In vivo long-term canine study J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Apr 2004; 127: 1068 - 1077 Model SPC-562, model SPC-350 dog Cardiopulmonary support and physiology
Rasty S, Amin NB, Sabbah HN, Mishima T, Borzak S, Tisdale JE Influence of IV Haloperidol on Ventricular Repolarization and Monophasic Action Potential Duration in Anesthetized Dogs Chest, May 2004; 125: 1821 - 1829 catheter-tip micromanometer dog ventricular tachyarrhythmia torsades de pointes
Jacques DC, Pinsky MR, Severyn D, Gorcsan III J Influence of Alterations in Loading on Mitral Annular Velocity by Tissue Doppler Echocardiography and Its Associated Ability To Predict Filling Pressures Chest, Dec 2004; 126: 1910 - 1918 MPC-500 dog preload, afterload, and contractility
Bermejo J, Rojo-Álvarez JL, Antoranz JC, Abel M, Burwash IG, Yotti R, Moreno M, García-Fernández MA, Lehmann KG, Otto CM Estimation of the End of Ejection in Aortic Stenosis  Circulation. 2004;110:1114-1120 high-fidelity, dual-micromanometer (5 cm apart) catheter  dog valves • stenosis • catheterization • hemodynamics • animal experimentation
           
Walcott GP, Melnick SB, Killingsworth CR, Smith WM, Ideker RE
Effects of burst stimulation during ventricular fibrillation on cardiac function after defibrillation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H766-H774, 2003
5F Mikro-Tip catheter pig ventricular fibrillation; timolol; ß-blockade
Stanley WC, Meadows SR, Kivilo KM,
Roth BA, Lopaschuk GD
"beta-Hydroxybutyrate inhibits myocardial fatty acid oxidation in vivo
independent of changes in malonyl-CoA content"
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1626-H1631, 2003
5-F Millar Mikro-tip transducer
pig lactate; metabolism, cardiac; heart; lactate
Pasipoularides A, Shu M, Shah A, Tucconi A, Glower DD
"RV instantaneous intraventricular diastolic pressure and velocity
distributions in normal and volume overload awake dog disease models"
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1956-H1965, 2003
Custom Mikro-Tip catheter pig echocardiography, sonomicrometry, computational fluid dynamics. intraventricular gradients; functional imaging; echocardiography; heart failure; ventricular function
Padilla F, Garcia-Dorado D, Rodríguez-Sinovas A,
Ruiz-Meana M, Inserte J,Soler-Soler J
"Protection afforded by ischemic preconditioning is not mediated by effects
on cell-to-cell electrical coupling during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion"
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1909-H1916, 2003
Mikro-Tip catheter pig myocardial ischemia; gap junctions
Niemann JT, Garner D, Khaleeli E, Lewis RJ
Milrinone Facilitates Resuscitation From Cardiac Arrest and Attenuates Postresuscitation Myocardial Dysfunction
Circulation. 2003;108:3031
Mikro-Tip catheter
pig
heart arrest • cardiopulmonary resuscitation • drugs • contractility
Weidemann F, Dommke C, Bijnens B, Claus P, D'hooge J, Mertens P, Verbeken E, Maes A, Van de Werf F, De Scheerder I, Sutherland GR Defining the Transmurality of a Chronic Myocardial Infarction by Ultrasonic Strain-Rate Imaging Implications for Identifying Intramural Viability: An Experimental Study Circulation 2003 107:883-888 Millar catheter pig infarction • ultrasonics • contractility
Pye J, Ardeshirpour F, McCain A, Bellinger DA, Merricks E, Adams J, Elliott PJ, Pien C, Fischer TH, Baldwin Jr AS, Nichols TC Proteasome inhibition ablates activation of NF-B in myocardial reperfusion and reduces reperfusion injury Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H919-H926, 2003 Millar catheter pig inflammation; myocardial contraction; multienzyme complexes; transcription factors
Rondelet B, Kerbaul F, Motte S, van Beneden R, Remmelink M, Brimioulle S, McEntee K, Wauthy P, Salmon I, Ketelslegers J-M, Naeije R Bosentan for the Prevention of Overcirculation-Induced Experimental
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Circulation 2003 107:1329-1335 SPC- 350 pig endothelin • nitric oxide • growth substances • hypertension, pulmonary
Rodríguez-Sinovas A, JBis J, Anivarro I, de la Torre J, Bayés-Genís A, Cinca J
Coronary smooth muscle reactivity to muscarinic stimulation after ischemia-reperfusion in porcine myocardial infarction
J Appl Physiol 95: 81-88, 2003
SPC-350 pig arteries; receptors; methacholine; cholinergic agonists
Danton MHD, Greil GF, Byrne JG, Hsin M, Cohn L, Maier SE
"Right ventricular volume measurement by conductance catheter
magnetic resonance imaging; conductance catheter"
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1774-H1785, 2003
SPC-350 pig magnetic resonance imaging; conductance catheter
Ayoub IM, Kolarova J, Yi Z, Trevedi A, Deshmukh , Lubell DL, Franz MR, Maldonado FA, Gazmuri RJ Sodium-Hydrogen Exchange Inhibition During Ventricular Fibrillation:
Beneficial Effects on Ischemic Contracture, Action Potential Duration,
Reperfusion Arrhythmias, Myocardial Function, and Resuscitability
Circulation 2003 107:1804-1809 SPC-474A pig action potentials • cardiopulmonary resuscitation • defibrillation • ischemia • myocardium
Fadi Jamal, Cyrille Bergerot, Laurent Argaud, Joseph Loufouat, and Michel Ovize
Longitudinal strain quantitates regional right ventricular contractile function
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H2842-H2847, 2003.
Two Mikro-Tip catheters
pig

myocardial contraction; regional myocardial function; cardiac mechanics; echocardiography; strain rate imaging
Mekkaoui C, Rolland PH, Friggi A, Rasigni M, Mesana TG Pressure-flow loops and instantaneous input impedance in the thoracic aorta: Another way to assess the effect of aortic bypass graft implantation on myocardial, brain, and subdiaphragmatic perfusion J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Mar 2003; 125: 699 - 710 SPR-249 pig ventriculoarterial coupling
Yarbrough WM, Mukherjee R, Brinsa TA, Dowdy KB, Scott AA, Escobar GP, Joffs C, Lucas DG, Crawford Jr FA, Spinale FG Matrix metalloproteinase inhibition modifies left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction in pigs J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Mar 2003; 125: 602 - 610 7.5F pig infarct expansion
Lazar HL, Bao Y, Zhang Y, Bernard SA Pretreatment with statins enhances myocardial protection during coronary revascularization J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., May 2003; 125: 1037 - 1042 piezoelectric Mikro-Tip catheter pressure transducer pig ischemic injury
Martin J, Lutter G, Ihling C, Siepe M, Wagner S, Hilberath J, Kemper M, Sarai K, Beyersdorf F Myocardial viability twenty-four hours after orthotopic heart transplantation from non-heart-beating donors J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Jun 2003; 125: 1217 - 1228 3F pressure-tip catheter pig donor hearts
Yarbrough WM, Mukherjee R, Escobar GP, Mingoia JT, Sample JA, Hendrick JW, Dowdy KB, McLean JE, Stroud RE, Spinale FG Direct inhibition of the sodium/hydrogen exchanger after prolonged regional ischemia improves contractility on reperfusion independent of myocardial viability J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Nov 2003; 126: 1489 - 1497 Micro-Tip transducer 7.5 F pig myocardial dysfunction after ischemia and reperfusion
Castellá M, Buckberg GD, Saleh S, Tan Z, Ignarro LJ A new role for cardioplegic buffering: should acidosis or calcium accumulation be counteracted to salvage jeopardized hearts? J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Nov 2003; 126: 1442 - 1448 MPC-500 pig ischemia-reperfusion injury
Maniar HS, Prasad SM, Gaynor SL, Chu CM, Steendijk P, Moon MR Impact of pericardial restraint on right atrial mechanics during acute right ventricular pressure load Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H350-H357, 2003 MPC-500 sheep atrial function; conductance catheter; pulmonary artery occlusion

Jackson BM, Gorman III JH, Salgo IS, Moainie SL, Plappert T, St. John-Sutton M, Edmunds Jr LH, Gorman RC Border zone geometry increases wall stress after myocardial infarction: contrast echocardiographic assessment Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H475-H479, 2003 SPC-350 sheep congestive heart failure; remodeled myocardium; coronary artery disease; perfusion echocardiography
Schröder HJ, Tchirikov M, Rybakowski C Pressure pulses and flow velocities in central veins of the anesthetized sheep fetus Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H1205-H1211, 2003 SPR-524 sheep fetal sheep; pressure wave; flow velocity; ductus venosus
Kono S, Nishimura K, Nishina T, Yuasa S, Ueyama K, Hamada C, Akamatsu T, Komeda M Autosynchronized systolic unloading during left ventricular assist with a centrifugal pump J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Feb 2003; 125: 353 - 360 SPC-500 sheep heart failure
Malhotra SP, Thelitz S, Riemer RK, Reddy VM, Suleman S, Hanley FL Induced fibrillation is equally effective as crystalloid cardioplegia in the protection of fetal myocardial function J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Jun 2003; 125: 1276 - 1282 High-fidelity transducer-tipped catheters sheep congenital heart defects
Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Brockman DJ, Ferrari VA, Yuan Q, Acker MA Passive ventricular constraint to improve left ventricular function and mechanics in an ovine model of heart failure secondary to acute myocardial infarction J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Nov 2003; 126: 1467 - 1475 5F micromanometer-tipped sheep woven polyester jacket cardiac support device
Ginés F, Grignola JC COMPORTAMIENTO MECANICO DEL VENTRICULO DERECHO Colección Trabajos Distinguidos Serie Cardiología, Volumen 11, Numero 3, 2003 SPC-370, TC-510 sheep contractilidad, endotoxemia, dobutamina, hipertensión pulmonar, ventrículo derecho
Kohno M, Yano M, Kobayashi S, Doi M, Oda T, Tokuhisa T, Okuda S, Ohkusa T, Kohno M, Matsuzaki M A new cardioprotective agent, JTV519, improves defective channel gating of ryanodine receptor in heart failure Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H1035-H1042, 2003 5F micromanometer Chronically implanted dog Heart failure, pharmaceuticals, sarcoplasmic reticulum; ion channel; binding protein; excitation-contraction coupling
Suematsu Y, Takamoto S, Kaneko Y, Ohtsuka T, Takayama H, Kotsuka Y, Murakami A
Beating Atrial Septal Defect Closure Monitored by Epicardial Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Circulation. 2003;107:785
5F Mikro-Tip catheter dog Echocardiography, heart septal defects, cardiopulmonary bypass • echocardiography • heart septal defects
Yano M, ,Kobayashi S, Kohno M, Doi M, Tokuhisa T, Okuda S, Suetsugu M, Hisaoka T, Obayashi M, Ohkusa T, Kohno M, Matsuzaki M
FKBP12.6-Mediated Stabilization of Calcium-Release Channel (Ryanodine Receptor) as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy Against Heart Failure
Circulation. 2003;107:477
5F Mikro-Tip catheter dog Heart failure, pharmaceuticals, sarcoplasmic reticulum, heart failure, calcium, ion channels, remodeling
Suematsu Y, Takamoto S, Kaneko Y, Ohtsuka T, Takayama H, Kotsuka Y, Murakami A Beating Atrial Septal Defect Closure Monitored by Epicardial Real-Time
Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Circulation 2003 107:785-790 5F micromanometer-tipped catheter dog Left Heart studies (atrium), cardiopulmonary bypass • echocardiography • heart septal defects
Liu J, Masurekar MR, Vatner DE, Jyothirmayi GN, Regan TJ, Vatner SF, Meggs LG, Malhotra A
Glycation end-product cross-link breaker reduces collagen and improves cardiac function in aging diabetic heart
Glycation end-product cross-link breaker reduces collagen and improves cardiac function in aging diabetic heart
7F Mikro-Tip catheter dog
diabetes mellitus; alloxan model; myocardium; ALT-711
Wang J-J, O'Brien AB, Shrive NG,Parker KH, Tyberg JV Time-domain representation of ventricular-arterial coupling as a windkessel and wave system Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H1358-H1368, 2003 High-fidelity catheter-tip manometers dog Left heart studies, aortic pressure; aortic flow; compliance; left ventricular ejection; waves
Brimioulle S, Wauthy P, Ewalenko P, Rondelet B, Vermeulen F, Kerbaul F, Naeije R Single-beat estimation of right ventricular end-systolic pressure-volume
relationship
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H1625-H1630, 2003 Micromanometer catheter dog contractility; preload; afterload; pulmonary hypertension; hypoxia
Hong T-T, Driscoll EM, White AJ, Sherigill A, Giboulot TA, Lucchesi BR
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor Antagonist (2S)-2-[(2-Naphthyl-sulfonyl)amino]-3-{[2-({4-(4-piperidinyl)-2-[2-(4-piperidinyl)ethyl] butanoyl}amino)acetyl]amino}propanoic Acid Dihydrochloride (CRL42796), in Combination with Aspirin and/or Enoxaparin, Prevents Coronary Artery Rethrombosis after Successful Thrombolytic Treatment by Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator
JPET 306:616-623, 2003
Mikro-Tip catheter dog Intravascular thrombosis, thrombolytic therapy, platelet aggregation
Zhao Z-Q, Corvera JS, Halkos ME, Kerendi F, Wang N-P, Guyton RA, Vinten-Johansen J
Inhibition of myocardial injury by ischemic postconditioning during reperfusion: comparison with ischemic preconditioning
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H579-H588, 2003
Mikro-Tip catheter dog infarct size; neutrophils
Spragg DD, Leclercq C, Loghmani M, Faris OP, Tunin RS, DiSilvestre D, MS; McVeigh ER, Tomaselli GF, Kass DA
Regional Alterations in Protein Expression in the Dyssynchronous Failing Heart
Circulation. 2003;108:929
Mikro-Tip catheter dog heart failure • pacing • molecular biology • sarcoplasmic reticulum
Liang C, Yatani A, Himura Y, Kashiki M, Stevenski SY Desipramine attenuates loss of cardiac sympathetic neurotransmitters produced by congestive heart failure and NE infusion Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H1729-H1736, 2003 Millar catheter dog neuronal uptake activity; histofluorescence; tyrosine hydroxylase; neuropeptide Y; protein gene product 9.5
Faris OP, Evans FJ, Dick AJ, Raman VK, Ennis DB, Kass DA, McVeigh ER
"Endocardial versus epicardial electrical synchrony during LV free-wall
pacing"
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H1864-H1870, 2003
SPC-350 dog Left heart studies, resynchronization; mapping; heart failure
Yamada H, Martin DO, Mowrey KA, Greenberg NL, Wallick DW
Effects of coupled pacing on cardiac performance during acute atrial tachycardia and fibrillation: an old therapy revisited for a new reason
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285: H2630-H2638, 2003
SPC-370
dog
contractility; heart rate; sinus rhythm; nonpharmacological approach; ventricular rate of mechanical contractions
Yada T, Goto M, Hiramatsu O, Tachibana H, Toyota E, Nakamoto H, Ogasawara Y, Matsuda H, Arakawa K, Hayashi K, Suzuki H, Kajiya F
In vivo visualization of subendocardial arteriolar response in renovascular hypertensive hearts
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 284: H1785-H1792, 2003
SPC-784A dog endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilators; angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor
Yada T, Shimokawa H, Hiramatsu O, Kajita T, Shigeto F, Goto M, Ogasawara Y, Kajiya F Hydrogen Peroxide, an Endogenous Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor, Plays an Important Role in Coronary Autoregulation In Vivo Circulation 2003 107:1040-1045 SPC-784A 8F pigtail double manometer catheter dog endothelium-derived factors • microcirculation • ischemia • nitric oxide • adenosine
Syuu Y, Matsubara H, Hosogi S, Suga H

Pressor effect of electroacupuncture on hemorrhagic hypotension

Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 285: R1446-R1452, 2003.

SPR-524
dog
Neiguan acupoints; left ventricular performance; vasomotor tone; cardiovascular response; muscle pump
Muraki S, Morris CD, Budde JM, Zhao Z-Q, Guyton RA, Vinten-Johansen J Blood cardioplegia supplementation with the sodium-hydrogen ion exchange inhibitor cariporide to attenuate infarct size and coronary artery endothelial dysfunction after severe regional ischemia in a canine model J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Jan 2003; 125: 155 - 164 MPC-500 dog sodium-calcium ion antiport mechanism
Kashem A, Hassan S, Crabbe DL, Melvin DB, Santamore WP Left ventricular reshaping: Effects on the pressure-volume relationship J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Feb 2003; 125: 391 - 399 6F micromanometer-tipped pigtail catheter dog CardioClasp, heart failure
Koyama T, Nishimura K, Soga Y, Unimonh O, Ueyama K, Komeda M Importance of preserving the apex and plication of the base in left ventricular volume reduction surgery J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Mar 2003; 125: 669 - 677 disposable microtipped catheter dog left ventricular fiber continuity, heart failure
Szabó G, Buhmann V, Graf A, Melnitschuk S, Bährle S, Vahl CF, Hagl S Ventricular energetics after the Fontan operation: Contractility-afterload mismatch J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., May 2003; 125: 1061 - 1069 piezoelectric Mikro-Tip catheter pressure transducer dog myocardial contractility
Fischer UM, Cox Jr CS, Allen SJ, Stewart RH, Mehlhorn U, Laine GA The antioxidant N-acetylcysteine preserves myocardial function and diminishes oxidative stress after cardioplegic arrest J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Nov 2003; 126: 1483 - 1488 micromanometer-tipped pressure transducer dog myocardial edema resolution
Cox Jr CS, Allen SJ, Sauer H, Laine GA Improved Myocardial Function Using a Na+/H+ Exchanger Inhibitor During Cardioplegic Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Bypass Chest, Jan 2003; 123: 187 - 194 micromanometer-tipped pressure transducer dog myocardial edema
           
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Sepic J, Wee JO, Soltesz EG, Hsin MK, Cohn LH, Laurence RG, Aklog L Cardiac positioning using an apical suction device maintains beating heart hemodynamics The Heart Surgery Forum #2002-01910 5(3):279-284, 2002 5F pressure transducing catheters pig, swine coronary bypass, deep pericardial sutures, hemodynamics
Weidemann F, Jamal F, Sutherland GR, Claus P, Kowalski M, Hatle L, De Scheerder I, Bijnens B, Rademakers FE
Myocardial function defined by strain rate and strain during alterations in inotropic states and heart rate
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 283: H792-H799, 2002
Mikro-Tip catheter
pig, swine
myocardial contraction; contractility; echocardiography
Luisi Jr AJ, Fallavollita JA, Suzuki G, Canty Jr JM
Spatial Inhomogeneity of Sympathetic Nerve Function in Hibernating Myocardium
Circulation. 2002;106:779
Mikro-Tip catheter 5F
pig, swine
hibernation • myocardial stunning • nervous system, sympathetic • death, sudden • ischemia
Sigg DC, Coles Jr JA, Oeltgen PR, Iaizzo PA
Role of delta-opioid receptor agonists on infarct size reduction in swine
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 282: H1953-H1960, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.01045.2001

MPC-500
pig, swine cardioprotection; myocardial ischemia; regional myocardial function; arrhythmia; delta-opioid receptor
Mongan PD, Capacchione J, West S, Karaian J, Dubois D, Keneally R, Sharma P
Pyruvate improves redox status and decreases indicators of hepatic apoptosis during hemorrhagic shock in swine
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 283: H1634-H1644, 2002
MPC-500
pig, swine glutathione; redox state; caspases
Schwartz LM, Welch TS, Crago MS

Cardioprotection by multiple preconditioning cycles does not require mitochondrial KATP channels in pigs Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 283: H1538-H1544, 2002
SPC-780C pig, swine heart; infarction; ischemia; 5-hydroxydecanoate; diazoxide; mitochondria; ischemic preconditioning
Graham MR, Warrian RK, Girling LG, Doiron L, Lefevre GR, Cheang M, Mutch WAC Fractal or biologically variable delivery of cardioplegic solution prevents diastolic dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Jan 2002; 123: 63 - 71 Millar Mikro-tip 3F catheter  pig myocardial protection, cardioplegia 
Lutter G, Kuklinski D, Berg G, von Samson P, Martin J, Handke M, Uhrmeister P, Beyersdorf F Percutaneous aortic valve replacement: An experimental study. I. Studies on implantation J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Apr 2002; 123: 768 - 776 5F Millar micromanometers pig minimally invasive aortic valve implantation
Hung J, Luis Guerrero JL, Handschumacher MD, Supple G, BSullivan S, Levine RA
Reverse Ventricular Remodeling Reduces Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Circulation. 2002;106:2594
High-fidelity micro-manometer–tipped catheter
sheep ischemia • mitral valve • ventricles • regurgitation • echocardiography
Yashu Coe, Stephen J. Haleen, Kathleen M. Welch, You-An Liu and Flavio Coceani
The Endothelin A Receptor Antagonists PD 156707 (CI-1020) and PD 180988 (CI-1034) Reverse the Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction in the Perinatal Lamb
JPET, Vol. 302, Issue 2, 672-680, August 2002
Mikro-Tip catheter lamb, (sheep) hypoxia
Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Brockman DJ, Bowen F, Yuan Q, Giammarco J, Ferrari VA, Gorman III JH, Gorman RC, Acker MA
Ventricular Constraint Using the Acorn Cardiac Support Device Reduces Myocardial Akinetic Area in an Ovine Model of Acute Infarction
Circulation. 2002;106:I-207
Mikro-Tip Catheter sheep ventricles • remodeling • myocardial infarction • magnetic resonance imaging
Moustakidis P, Maniar HS, Cupps BP, Absi T, Zheng J, Guccione JM, Sundt TM, Pasque MK
Altered Left Ventricular Geometry Changes the Border Zone Temporal Distribution of Stress in an Experimental Model of Left Ventricular Aneurysm: A Finite Element Model Study
Circulation. 2002;106:I-168
SPC-350 MR sheep ischemia • coronary disease • magnetic resonance imaging • mechanics • computers
Lansac E, Lim KH, Shomura Y, Goetz WA, Lim HS, Rice NT, Saber H, Duran CMG Dynamic balance of the aortomitral junction J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., May 2002; 123: 911 - 918 model 510 sheep Mitral anulus deformation 
Wei C-C, Ferrario CM, Brosnihan KB, Farrell DM, Bradley WE, Jaffa AA, Dell'Italia LJ
Angiotensin Peptides Modulate Bradykinin Levels in the Interstitium of the Dog Heart in Vivo

JPET, Vol. 300, Issue 1, 324-329, January 2002

4F Mikro-Tip catheter dog interstitial fluid
Segers P, Leather HA, Verdonck P, Sun Y-Y, Wouters PF
Preload-adjusted maximal power of right ventricle: contribution of end-systolic P-V relation intercept
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 283: H1681-H1687, 2002
5-Fr microtipped pressure-transducer catheter, 5-Fr dual-field conductance catheter
dog contractility; hydraulic; pressure-volume
LaDisa Jr JF, Hettrick DA, Olson LE, Guler I, Gross ER, Kress TT, Kersten JR, Warltier DC, Pagel PS
Stent implantation alters coronary artery hemodynamics and wall shear stress during maximal vasodilation
J Appl Physiol 93: 1939-1946, 2002
7F dual sensor Mikro-Tip catheter dog slotted-tube endovascular stents; coronary impedance; coronary artery disease
Piech A, Massart PE, Dessy C, Feron O, Havaux X, Morel N, Vanoverschelde J-L, Donckier J, Balligand J-L Decreased Expression of Myocardial eNOS and Caveolin in Dogs with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 282: H219-H231, 2002 7-F Microtipped Millar Catheter dog cardiac hypertrophy; diastolic function; perinephritic hypertension; endothelial nitric oxide synthase
Burattini R, Campbell KB Comparative Analysis of Aortic Impedance and Wave Reflection In Ferrets and Dogs Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 282: H244-H255, 2002;

Catheter-tipped Pressure Transducers ferret, dog arterial pulse wave propagation; arterial effective reflection sites; arterial compliance; T-tube arterial model
Pasipoularides A, Shu M, Shah A, Silvestry, Glower DD
Right ventricular diastolic function in canine models of pressure overload, volume overload, and ischemia
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 283: H2140-H2150, 2002
Ccustom-designed right heart Millar catheter with two micromanometers that were 5 cm apart
dog diastole; dynamics; heart failure; myocardial compliance; right ventricle
Watanabe T, Yamaki M,Yamauchi S, Minamihaba O, Miyashita T, Kubota I, Tomoike H Regional Prolongation of ARI and Altered Restitution Properties Cause Ventricular Arrhythmia in Heart Failure Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 282: H212-H218, 2002 Micromanometer dog restitution hypothesis; simulation
Zhuang S, Zhang Y, Mowrey KA, Li J, Tabata T, Wallick DW, Popovi ZB, Grimm RA, Natale A, MD; Todor N. Mazgalev TN
Ventricular Rate Control by Selective Vagal Stimulation Is Superior to Rhythm Regularization by Atrioventricular Nodal Ablation and Pacing During Atrial Fibrillation Circulation. 2002;106:1853
Micromanometer catheters
dog fibrillation • atrioventricular node • vagus nerve • ablation • hemodynamics
Juichiro Shimizu, Koji Todaka, and Daniel Burkhoff
Load dependence of ventricular performance explained by model of calcium-myofilament interactions
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 282: H1081-H1091, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00498.2001
Micromanometer-tipped Catheter Pressue Transducer
dog left ventricle; calcium transient; four-state model; excitation-contraction coupling
Zhang Y, Mowrey KA, Zhuang S, Wallick DW, Popovi ZB, Mazgalev TN
Optimal ventricular rate slowing during atrial fibrillation by feedback AV nodal-selective vagal stimulation
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 282: H1102-H1110, 2002
Micromanometer-tipped Catheter Pressue Transducer
dog heart rhythm; arrhythmia; hemodynamics; autonomic control; atrioventricular node
Wei K, Le E, Jayaweera AR, Bin J-P, Goodman NC, Kaul S Detection of Noncritical Coronary Stenosis at Rest Without Recourse to Exercise or Pharmacological Stress Circulation. 2002;105:218 Micromanometer-tipped Pressure Catheters dog "stenosis • echocardiography • blood volume
"
Setty S, Tune JD, Downey HF
Nitric oxide modulates right ventricular flow and oxygen consumption during norepinephrine infusion
J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 282: H696-H703, 2002 Mikro-Tip catheter dog right coronary circulation; right ventricular oxygen utilization efficiency; open-chest dogs; N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester
Grover GJ, D'Alonzo AJ, Darbenzio RB, Parham CS, Hess TA, Bathala MS
Mitochondrial Selective KATP Opener (3R)-trans-4-((4-Chlorophenyl)-N-(1H-imidazol-2-ylmethyl)dimethyl-2H-1-benzopyran-6-carbonitril Monohydrochloride (BMS-191095): Cardioprotective, Hemodynamic, and Electrophysiological Effects JPET Vol. 303, Issue 1, 132-140, October 2002
Mikro-Tip catheter dog cardioprotection
Popovi ZB, Mowrey KA, Zhang Y, Zhuang S, Tabata T, Wallick DW, Grimm RA, Thomas JD, Mazgalev TN
Slow rate during AF improves ventricular performance by reducing sensitivity to cycle length irregularity
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 283: H2706-H2713, 2002
Mikro-Tip Catheter dog vagus; relaxation; hemodynamics; atrial fibrillation
Suzuki G, Morita H, Mishima T, Sharov VG, Todor A, Tanhehco EJ, Rudolph AE, McMahon EG, Goldstein S, Sabbah HN
Effects of Long-Term Monotherapy With Eplerenone, a Novel Aldosterone Blocker, on Progression of Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Remodeling in Dogs With Heart Failure
Circulation. 2002;106:2967
Mikro-Tip Catheter dog heart failure • hemodynamics • remodeling
Wyman BT, Hunter WC, Prinzen FW, Faris OP, McVeigh ER Effects of single- and bi-ventricular Pacing on Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Ventricular Contraction Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 282: H372-H379, 2002 SPC-350MR dog magnetic resonance imaging; tagging; cardiac mechanics; conduction abnormalities; cardiac mapping
Liu L, Tockman B, Girouard S, Pastore J, Walcott G, KenKnight B, Spinelli J
Left ventricular resynchronization therapy in a canine model of left bundle branch block
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 282: H2238-H2244, 2002. First published January 24, 2002; 10.1152/ajpheart.00684.2001
SPC-780c
dog
paradoxical septal wall motion; electromechanical coordination
Micheletti R, Mattera GG, Rocchetti M, Schiavone A, Loi MF, Zaza A, Gagnol RJP, De Munari S, Melloni P, Carminati P, Bianchi G, Ferrari P
Pharmacological Profile of the Novel Inotropic Agent (E,Z)-3-((2-Aminoethoxy)imino)androstane-6,17-dione Hydrochloride (PST2744)
JPET, Vol. 303, Issue 2, 592-600, November 2002
SPR-407 dog, guinea pig isolated guinea pig myocytes, arrhythmia, digoxin
Liang C-S, Himura Y, Kashiki M, Stevens SY
Differential pre- and postsynaptic effects of desipramine on cardiac sympathetic nerve terminals in RHF
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 283: H1863-H1872, 2002
Transducer tipped catheter dog congestive heart failure; neuronal norepinephrine uptake; tyrosine hydroxylase; neuropeptide Y
Muraki S, Morris CD, Budde JM, Otto RN, Zhao Z-Q, Puskas JD, Guyton RA, Vinten-Johansen J Preserved myocardial blood flow and oxygen supply-demand balance with active coronary perfusion during simulated off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Jan 2002; 123: 53 - 62 MPC-500,SPC-320  dog intraluminal shunts, graft anastomosis
Klima UP, Lee M-Y, Guerrero JL, LaRaia  J, Levine RA, Vlahakes GJ Determinants of maximal right ventricular function: Role of septal shift J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Jan 2002; 123: 72 - 80 micromanometer-tipped catheter dog right ventricular free wall, the left ventricle, and the interventricular septum
Cox Jr CS, Sauer H, Allen SJ, Buja LM, Laine GA Sodium/hydrogen-exchanger inhibition during cardioplegic arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass: An experimental study J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., May 2002; 123: 959 - 966 micromanometer-tipped pressure transducer  dog preload recruitable stroke work, maximum rate of pressure rise (positive and negative), and left ventricular end-diastolic volume and pressure
Nicolosi AC, West G, Markley JG, Logan B, Olinger GN Gadolinium attenuates regional stunning in the canine heart in vivo J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Jul 2002; 124: 57 - 62 micromanometer-tipped catheter dog stretch-induced contractile dysfunction
Pasipoularides AD, Shu M, Shah A, Glower DD Right ventricular diastolic relaxation in conscious dog models of pressure overload, volume overload, and ischemia J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Nov 2002; 124: 964 - 972 custom RV catheter  dog right ventricular dysfunction
Ahmet I, Sawa Y, Iwata K, Matsuda H Gene transfection of hepatocyte growth factor attenuates cardiac remodeling in the canine heart: A novel gene therapy for cardiomyopathy J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Nov 2002; 124: 957 - 963 MPC-500 dog Hepatocyte growth factor
Funatsu T, Sawa Y, Ohtake S, Takahashi T, Matsumiya G, Matsuura N, Nakamura T, Matsuda H Therapeutic angiogenesis in the ischemic canine heart induced by myocardial injection of naked complementary DNA plasmid encoding hepatocyte growth factor J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Dec 2002; 124: 1099 - 1105 8 Fr catheter tipped micromanometer dog angiogenesis
Castellá M, Buckberg GD, Tan Z, Ignarro LJ Myocyte and endothelial effects of preconditioning the jeopardized heart by inhibiting Na+/H+ exchange J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Dec 2002; 124: 1113 - 1121 MPC-500 dog cariporide
           
Zhenhai Gao1 , Zhihe Li1 , Stephen P. Baker, Robert D. Lasley, Stephanie Meyer, Elfatih Elzein, Venkata Palle, Jeff A. Zablocki, Brent Blackburn and Luiz Belardinelli Novel Short-Acting A2A Adenosine Receptor Agonists for Coronary Vasodilation: Inverse Relationship between Affinity and Duration of Action of A2A Agonists
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Vol. 298, Issue 1, 209-218, July 2001 5F high-fidelity pressure sensitive tip transducer rat, pig coronary vasodilators, myocardial imaging
Söderqvist E, Carlsson C, Brodin LÅ, Elmqvist H, Kronander H, Ericsson AB
Design of a single segment conductance catheter for measurement of left ventricular volume
23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, October 25-28, 2001
5F Mikro-Tip catheter pig Left ventricular volume, conductance catheter, segment
volume, pigs
Robert D. Lasley, M. Salik Jahania, and Robert M. Mentzer Jr. Beneficial effects of adenosine A2a agonist CGS-21680 in infarcted and stunned porcine myocardium
AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 280, Issue 4, H1660-H1666, April 2001
5F Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer pig, swine adenosine A2a receptor; myocardial stunning; preload recruitable stroke work; myocardial infarction
Takuma Etoh, Cassandra Joffs, Anne M. Deschamps, Jennifer Davis, Kathryn Dowdy, Jennifer Hendrick, Simona Baicu, Rupak Mukherjee, Marlina Manhaini, and Francis G. Spinale Myocardial and interstitial matrix metalloproteinase activity after acute myocardial infarction in pigs AJP Heart Circ Physiol Vol. 281, Issue 3, H987-H994, September 2001 7.5-F Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer pig, swine zymography; microdialysis; myocardial ischemia
Ashish R. Panchal, Blandine Comte, Hazel Huang, Basil Dudar, Bridgette Roth, Margaret Chandler, Christine Des Rosiers, Henri Brunengraber, and William C. Stanley Acute hibernation decreases myocardial pyruvate carboxylation and citrate release AJP Heart Circ. Physiol., Vol. 281, Issue 4, H1613-H1620, October 2001 7F Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer pig, swine cardiac; citric acid cycle; dehydrogenase; metabolism; ischemia
Nash MP, Thornton JM, Sears CE, Varghese A, O'Neill M, Paterson DJ Ventricular activation during sympathetic imbalance and its computational reconstruction
J Appl Physiol 90: 287-298, 2001
Mikro-Tip catheter pig catecholamines; cardiac mapping; porcine heart; ventricular arrhythmia
Carole Seguin; Yvan Devaux; Sandrine Grosjean, MD; El Medhy Siaghy, PhD; Pierre Mairose; Faiez Zannad, MD, PhD; Nicole de Talancé, MD, PhD; Dan Ungureanu-Longrois, MD, PhD;; Paul Michel Mertes, MD, PhD Evidence of Functional Myocardial Ischemia Associated With Myocardial Dysfunction in Brain-Dead Pigs Circulation. 2001;104:I-197 Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer pig, swine adenosine • ischemia • nervous system, sympathetic • transplantation
Berg RA, Sanders AB, Kern KB, Hilwig RW, Heidenreich JW, Porter ME, Ewy GA Adverse hemodynamic effectsof interrupting chest compressions for rescue breathing during cardiopulmonary resuscitation for ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest Circulation 2001;104:2465 MPC-500 pig cardiopulmonary resuscitation • heart arrest • hemodynamics • fibrillation • ventilation
P. Tozzi, D. Hayoz, C. Oedman, I. Mallabiabarrena, and L. K. Von Segesser Systolic axial artery length reduction: an overlooked phenomenon in vivo AJP Heart Circ Physiol 280(5):H2300-H2305 MPC-500 pig, swine compliance; vascular ultrasound; sonography; arterial wall
Paul D. Mongan, John Capacchione, John L. Fontana, Shanda West, and Rolf Bünger Pyruvate improves cerebral metabolism during hemorrhagic shock
AJP Heat Circ Physiol., Vol. 281, Issue 2, H854-H864, August 2001 MPC-500 pig, swine microdialysis; glutamate; pyruvic acid
Danton MH, Byrne JG, Flores KQ, Hsin M, Martin JS, Laurence RG, Cohn LH, Aklog L Modified Glenn connection for acutely ischemic right ventricular failure reverses secondary left ventricular dysfunction J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Jul 2001; 122: 80 - 91 SPC-350 pig left ventricular contractility and relaxation
Joffs C, Walker CA, Hendrick JW, Fary DJ, Almany DK, Davis JN, Goldberg AT, Crawford Jr FA, Spinale FG Endothelin receptor subtype A blockade selectively reduces pulmonary pressure after cardiopulmonary bypass J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Aug 2001; 122: 365 - 370 precalibrated microtipped transducer (7.5F) pig pulmonary vascular resistance
Rao V, Feindel CM, Cohen G, Borger MA, Boylen P, Ross HJ Is profound hypothermia required for storage of cardiac allografts? J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Sep 2001; 122: 501 - 507 micromanometer catheter  pig blood perfusion, aerobic myocardial metabolism 
Emmanuel Messas, MD, MSc; J. Luis Guerrero, BS; Mark D. Handschumacher, BS; Chris Conrad, BS; Chi-Ming Chow, MD; Suzanne Sullivan, BS; Ajit P. Yoganathan, PhD; Robert A. Levine, MD Chordal Cutting: A New Therapeutic Approach for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Circulation. 2001;104:1958 left atrial (LA) and LV Millar catheters sheep mitral valve • regurgitation • remodeling • myocardial infarction • echocardiography
Emmanuel Messas, MD, MSc; J. Luis Guerrero, BS; Mark D. Handschumacher, BS; Chi-Ming Chow, MD; Suzanne Sullivan, BS; Ehud Schwammenthal, MD, PhD; Robert A. Levine, MD Paradoxic Decrease in Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation With Papillary Muscle Dysfunction Circulation. 2001;104:1952 left atrial [LA] and LV Millar catheters sheep mitral valve • regurgitation • remodeling • myocardial infarction • echocardiography
Sten Lyager Nielsen, MD, PhD; Tomasz A. Timek, MD; David T. Lai, FRACS; George T. Daughters, MS; David Liang, MD, PhD; J. Michael Hasenkam, MD; Neil B. Ingels, PhD; D. Craig Miller, MD Edge-to-Edge Mitral Repair Circulation. 2001;104:I-29 Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer sheep mitral valve • valvuloplasty • coronary disease
Jean-Claude Fauchère, Adrian M. Walker, Elizabeth M. Skuza, and Daniel A. Grant Right atrial pressure as measure of ventricular constraint in newborn lambs AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 280, Issue 6, H2740-H2745, June 2001
SPC--460 lamb airway pressure; mechanical ventilation; pericardial pressure; positive end-expiratory pressure
Masanori Sasaki, DVM, Toyomi Takahashi, DVM, PhD, Kazuro Miyahara, DVM, PhD,
and Tsuneo Hirose, DVM, PhD
Effects of Chondroitinase ABC on Intradiscal Pressure
in Sheep
SPINE Volume 26, Number 5, pp 463–468 SPR-407 sheep chemonucleoysis, roentgenograph, disc height index
Haft JW, Montoya P, Alnajjar O, Posner SR, Bull JL, Iannettoni MD, Bartlett RH, Hirschl RB An artificial lung reduces pulmonary impedance and improves right ventricular efficiency in pulmonary hypertension J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Dec 2001; 122: 1094 - 1100 side-mounted pressure-sensing micromanometer  sheep mean pulmonary artery pressure, zero harmonic impedance, right ventricular power consumption, amplitude of reflected waves, and the tension-time index
Diane M. Farrell, Chih-Chang Wei, José Tallaj, Jeffrey L. Ardell, J. Andrew Armour, Gilbert R. Hageman, Wayne E. Bradley, and Louis J. Dell'Italia Angiotensin II modulates catecholamine release into interstitial fluid of canine myocardium in vivo AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 281, Issue 2, H813-H822, August 2001
5F Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer dog norepinephrine; epinephrine
Christine L. Oltman, Neal L. Kane, Jonathon L. Fudge, Neal L. Weintraub, and Kevin C. Dellsperger Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in coronary microcirculation: responses to arachidonic acid AJP Heart Circ. Physiol., Vol. 281, Issue 4, H1553-H1560, October 2001
5F Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer dog coronary circulation; coronary microcirculation; intravital microscopy
Masanori Shirakabe, Seiji Yamaguchi, Yoshiaki Tamada, Gajendra Baniya, Akio Fukui, Hiroshi Miyawaki, and Hitonobu Tomoike
Impaired distensibility of the left ventricle after stiffening of the right ventricle
J Appl Physiol 91: 435-440, 2001
6F Mikro-Tip catheter dog ventricular interdependence; ventricular geometry; left ventricular stiffness; diastolic function; length-tension relation
Charles T. Leng, MD; Ronald D. Berger, MD, PhD; Hugh Calkins, MD; Albert C. Lardo, PhD; Norman A. Paradis, MD; Henry R. Halperin, MD, MA
Electrical Induction of Ventricular Fibrillation for Resuscitation From Postcountershock Pulseless and Asystolic Cardiac Arrests Circulation. 2001;104:723 7F Millar micromanometer catheters dog fibrillation • cardiopulmonary resuscitation • myocardial stunning
Masafumi Yano, Michihiro Kohno, Shigeki Kobayashi, Masakazu Obayashi, Kohzaburo Seki, Tomoko Ohkusa, Toshiro Miura, Takashi Fujii, and Masunori Matsuzaki Influence of timing and magnitude of arterial wave reflection on left ventricular relaxation
AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 280, Issue 4, H1846-H1852, April 2001
7F multi-sensor catheter human, dog coronary flow; ventricular function; afterload
Gwyneth deVries, Douglas R. Hamilton, Henk E. D. J. Ter Keurs, Rafael Beyar, and John V. Tyberg A novel technique for measurement of pericardial pressure
AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 280, Issue 6, H2815-H2822, June 2001
8F Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer with reference lumens dog pericardium; mechanics; balloon; catheters; physiology
Sheng-Jing Dong, Paul S. Hees, Cynthia O. Siu, James L. Weiss, and Edward P. Shapiro MRI assessment of LV relaxation by untwisting rate: a new isovolumic phase measure of
AJP Heart Circ Physiol Vol. 281, Issue 5, H2002-H2009, November 2001
magnetic-compatible micromanometer-tipped catheter dog diastole; hemodynamics; magnetic resonance imaging; imaging
Suehiro K, Shimizu J, Yi G-H, Gu A, Wang J, Keren G, Burkhoff D Selective Renal Vasodilation and Active Renal Artery Perfusion Improve Renal Function in Dogs with Acute Heart Failure
JPET, Vol. 298, Issue 3, 1154-1160, September 2001
Mikro-Tip catheter dog renal failure, blood pressure, papaverine
S. De Mey, J. D. Thomas, N. L. Greenberg, P. M. Vandervoort, and P. R. Verdonck Assessment of the time constant of relaxation: insights from simulations and hemodynamic measurements AJP Heart Circ Physiol 280(6):H2936-H2943 Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer dog hemodynamics; left ventricular relaxation constant; simulation
Srinath Setty, Xiaoming Bian, Johnathan D. Tune, and H. Fred Downey Endogenous nitric oxide modulates myocardial oxygen consumption in canine right ventricle AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 281, Issue 2, H831-H837, August 2001
Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer dog open-chest dogs; N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester; maximal vasodilation; right coronary perfusion pressure; right coronary blood flow
Daniel A. Velez, MD; Cullen D. Morris, MD; Jason M. Budde, MD; Satoshi Muraki, MD, PhD; Rachel N. Otto, BS; Robert A. Guyton, MD; Jakob Vinten-Johansen, PhD All-Blood (Miniplegia) Versus Dilute Cardioplegia in Experimental Surgical Revascularization of Evolving Infarction Circulation. 2001;104:I-296 Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer dog cardioplegia • endothelium • infarction • surgery • edema
George J. Crystal, Xiping Zhou, Syed Alam, Agnieszka Piotrowski, and Guochang Hu Lack of role for nitric oxide in cholinergic modulation of myocardial contractility in vivo AJP Heart Circ Physiol 281(1):H198-H206 Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer dog coronary circulation; endothelium; bradykinin; sodium nitroprusside; amrinone; NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester; canine hearts
Tomotsugu Tabata, Richard A. Grimm, Neil L. Greenberg, Deborah A. Agler, Kent A. Mowrey, Don W. Wallick, Youhua Zhang, Shaowei Zhuang, Todor N. Mazgalev, and James D. Thomas Assessment of LV systolic function in atrial fibrillation using an index of preceding cardiac cycles Ajp Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 281, Issue 2, H573-H580, August 2001
Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer dog preload; afterload; contractility; R-R interval; echocardiography; left ventricular
Dewan S. A. Majid, Karim E. Said, Sophia A. Omoro, L. Gabriel Navar Nitric Oxide Dependency of Arterial Pressure–Induced Changes in Renal Interstitial Hydrostatic Pressure in Dogs Circulation Research. 2001;88:347 Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer dog renal regional blood flow • laser-Doppler flowmetry • nitrate/nitrite excretion
Don W. Wallick, Youhua Zhang, Tomotsugu Tabata, Shaowei Zhuang, Kent A. Mowrey, Junko Watanabe, Neil L. Greenberg, Richard A. Grimm, and Todor N. Mazgalev Selective AV nodal vagal stimulation improves hemodynamics during acute atrial fibrillation in dogs AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 281, Issue 4, H1490-H1497, October 2001
Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer dog ventricular rate; epicardial fat pads; localized nerve stimulation
Gary J. Grover, Albert J. D'Alonzo, Keith D. Garlid, Robert Bajgar, Nicholas J. Lodge, Paul G. Sleph, Raymond B. Darbenzio, Thomas A. Hess, Mark A. Smith, Petr Paucek and Karnail S. Atwal Pharmacologic Characterization of BMS-191095, a Mitochondrial KATP Opener with No Peripheral Vasodilator or Cardiac Action Potential Shortening Activity
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Vol. 297, Issue 3, 1184-1192, June 2001 Mikro-Tip Pressure Transducer rat, guinea pig, dog glyburide-reversible cardioprotective activity, cromakalim, ischemia, reperfusion
Yoshihisa Tanoue, MD; Akira Sese, MD; Yasutaka Ueno, MD; Kunitaka Joh, MD; Takayuki Hijii, MD Bidirectional Glenn Procedure Improves the Mechanical Efficiency of a Total Cavopulmonary Connection in High-Risk Fontan Candidates Circulation. 2001;103:2176 MPC-500 dog Glenn • mechanics • cavopulmonary • Fontan
Denault AY, Gorcsan III J, Pinsky MR Dynamic effects of positive-pressure ventilation on canine left ventricular pressure-volume relations
J Appl Physiol 91: 298-308, 2001;
MPC-500 dog afterload; canine model; heart-lung interactions; mechanical ventilation; preload; ventricular function
Neil L. Greenberg, Pieter M. Vandervoort, Michael S. Firstenberg, Mario J. Garcia, and James D. Thomas Estimation of diastolic intraventricular pressure gradients by Doppler M-mode echocardiography AJP Heart Circ Physiol 280(6):H2507-H2515 Single- and dual-sensor micromanometer catheters dog diastole; hemodynamics; ventricles
Nazareno Paolocci, MD, PhD; Pasquale Pagliaro, MD, PhD; Takayoshi Isoda, MD; Federico W. Saavedra, MD; David A. Kass, MD
Role of Calcium-Sensitive K+ Channels and Nitric Oxide in In Vivo Coronary Vasodilation From Enhanced Perfusion Pulsatility Circulation. 2001;103:119 SPC 350 dog circulation • ion channels • nitric oxide • bradykinin • endothelium-derived factors
Kenichi Arimura, Kensuke Egashira, Ryo Nakamura, Tomomi Ide, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Hiroaki Shimokawa, and Akira Takeshita Increased inactivation of nitric oxide is involved in coronary endothelial dysfunction in heart failure AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 280, Issue 1, H68-H75, January 2001 SPC-350 dog endothelium-derived factors; free radicals
Senzaki H, Smith CJ, Juang GJ, Isoda T, Mayer SP, Ohler A, Paolocci N, Tomaselli GF, Hare JM, Kass DA
Cardiac phosphodiesterase 5 (cGMP-specific) modulates ß-adrenergic signaling in vivo and is down-regulated in heart failure
The FASEB Journal. 2001;15:1718-1726
SPC-350 dog tissue activity • protein expression • coronary blood flow • PDE5
Nakayama Y, Miyano H, Shishido T, Inagaki M, Kawada T, Sugimachi M, Sunagawa K Heart rate-dependent vagal effect on end-systolic elastance of the canine left ventricle under various levels of sympathetic tone Circulation 2001;104:2277 SPC-350 dog vagus nerve • nervous system, sympathetic • contractility • inotropism
Cholley BP, Lang RM, Korcarz CE, Shroff SG
Smooth muscle relaxation and local hydraulic impedance properties of the aorta
J Appl Physiol 90: 2427-2438, 2001
SPC-360 dog compliance; incremental elastic modulus; characteristic impedance; pulse wave velocity; calcium channel blocker
Bruce B. Lerman, MD; Erica D. Engelstein, MD; Daniel Burkhoff, MD Mechanoelectrical Feedback Circulation. 2001;104:486 SPC-380 dog arrhythmias • electrophysiology• tachyarrhythmias • tachycardia
Ellen H. Hollander, Jiun-Jr Wang, Gary M. Dobson, Kim H. Parker, and John V. Tyberg Negative wave reflections in pulmonary arteries AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 281, Issue 2, H895-H902, August 2001
SPC-480 dog lung; hemodynamics; PEEP
Gregory S. Nelson, Ezzeldin Y. Sayed-Ahmed, Carol A. Gibbons Kroeker1, Yi-Hui Sun, Henk E. D. J. Ter Keurs, Nigel G. Shrive, and John V. Tyberg Compression of interventricular septum during right ventricular pressure loading AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 280, Issue 6, H2639-H2648, June 2001 SPC-485 dog finite element analysis; interventricular septum; mechanics; compressive stress
D. Merkus, I. Vergroesen, O. Hiramatsu, H. Tachibana, H. Nakamoto, E. Toyota, M. Goto, Y. Ogasawara, J. A. E. Spaan, and F. Kajiya Stenosis differentially affects subendocardial and subepicardial arterioles in vivo
AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 280, Issue 4, H1674-H1682, April 2001
SPC-784A dog autoregulation; coronary microcirculation; ischemia
Akira Ido, Naoyuki Hasebe, Hironobu Matsuhashi, and Kenjiro Kikuchi Coronary sinus occlusion enhances coronary collateral flow and reduces subendocardial ischemia AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 280, Issue 3, H1361-H1367, March 2001
SPR-230 dog intramyocardial pressure; regional myocardial blood flow; coronary collateral blood flow; anesthetized dog
Hamilton DR, Devries G, Tyberg JV
Static and dynamic operating characteristics of a pericardial balloon
J Appl Physiol 90: 1481-1488, 2001
SPR-249 dog pericardium; pericardial pressure; transducer; frequency response; epicardial stress
Johnathan D. Tune, Keith Neu Richmond, Mark W. Gorman, and Eric O. Feigl KATP+ channels, nitric oxide, and adenosine are not required for local metabolic coronary vasodilation AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 280, Issue 2, H868-H875, February 2001 SPR-524 dog coronary blood flow; exercise; myocardial oxygen consumption
Karunanithi MK, Michniewicz J, Young JA,Feneley MP Effect of acutely increased left ventricular afterload on work output from the right ventricle in conscious dogs J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Jan 2001; 121: 116 - 124 MPC-500 dog right ventricular free wall segment work output
MurakiS, Morris CD, Budde JM, Velez DA, Zhao Z-Q, Guyton RA,  Vinten-Johansen J Experimental off-pump coronary artery revascularization with adenosine-enhanced reperfusion J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Mar 2001; 121: 570 - 579 MPC-500, SPC-320 dog perfusion-assisted direct coronary artery bypass
Suematsu Y, Takamoto S, Ohtsuka T Intraoperative echocardiographic imaging of coronary arteries and graft anastomoses during coronary artery bypass grafting without cardiopulmonary bypass J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., Dec 2001; 122: 1147 - 1154 5F micromanometer-tipped catheter dog, human high-frequency epicardial echocardiography and power Doppler imaging
           
Paul J. Chai, MD; Rashid Nassar, PhD; Annette E. Oakeley; Damian M. Craig, MS; George Quick, Jr; James Jaggers, MD; Stephen P. Sanders, MD; Ross M. Ungerleider, MD; Page A. W. Anderson, MD Soluble Complement Receptor-1 Protects Heart, Lung, and Cardiac Myofilament Function From Cardiopulmonary Bypass Damage Circulation. 2000;101:541 3F Mikro-Tip catheter pig, swine  
Hermann H. Klein, MD; Sibylle Pich, PhD; Rainer M. Bohle, MD; Stephanie Lindert-Heimberg; Klaus Nebendahl, VMD Na+/H+ Exchange Inhibitor Cariporide Attenuates Cell Injury Predominantly During Ischemia and Not at Onset of Reperfusion in Porcine Hearts With Low Residual Blood Flow Circulation. 2000;102:1977 5F Mikro-Tip catheter pig, swine  
Peili Zhu, Li Lu, Ya Xu, Clifford Greyson, and Gregory G. Schwartz Glucose-insulin-potassium preserves systolic and diastolic function in ischemia and reperfusion in pigs AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 278, Issue 2, H595-H603, February 2000
5F Mikro-Tip catheter pig, swine  
Adviye Ergul, C. Allyson Walker, Aron Goldberg, Simona C. Baicu, Jennifer W. Hendrick, Mary K. King, and Francis G. Spinale ET-1 in the myocardial interstitium: relation to myocyte ECE activity and expression
AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 278, Issue 6, H2050-H2056, June 2000
7.5F Mikro-Tip catheter pig, swine  
R. Brent New, MD; Angela C. Sampson, BS; Mary K. King, DVM; Jennifer W. Hendrick, BA; Mark J. Clair, MS; James H. McElmurray, III, BS; Jeffrey Mandel, MD; Rupak Mukherjee, PhD; Marc de Gasparo, MD; Francis G. Spinale, MD, PhD Effects of Combined Angiotensin II and Endothelin Receptor Blockade With Developing Heart Failure Circulation. 2000;102:1447 7.5F Mikro-Tip catheter pig, swine  
Ashish R. Panchal, Blandine Comte, Hazel Huang, Todd Kerwin, Ahmed Darvish, Christine Des Rosiers, Henri Brunengrabe, and William C. Stanley Partitioning of pyruvate between oxidation and anaplerosis in swine hearts
AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 279, Issue 5, H2390-H2398, November 2000
7F Mikro-Tip catheter pig, swine  
Clifford Greyson, Ya Xu, Li Lu, and Gregory G. Schwartz Right ventricular pressure and dilation during pressure overload determine dysfunction after pressure overload AJP Heart Circ Physiol 278(5):H1414-H1420 Mikro-Tip catheter pig, swine  
Robert A. Berg, MD; Ronald W. Hilwig, DVM, PhD; Karl B. Kern, MD; Gordon A. Ewy, MD "Bystander" Chest Compressions and Assisted Ventilation Independently Improve Outcome From Piglet Asphyxial Pulseless "Cardiac Arrest" Circulation 2000;101:1743 Mikro-Tip catheter pig, swine  
Ronald W. Hilwig, DVM, PhD; Robert A. Berg, MD; Karl B. Kern, MD; Gordon A. Ewy, MD Endothelin-1 Vasoconstriction During Swine Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Improves Coronary Perfusion Pressures but Worsens Postresuscitation Outcome Circulation. 2000;101:2097 MPC-500 pig, swine  
Kleen M, Habler O, Meisner F, Kemming G, Pape A, Messmer K
Effects of primary resuscitation from shock on distribution of myocardial blood flow
J Appl Physiol 88: 373-385, 2000
SPC-370 pig, swine fractals; spatial heterogeneity; regional perfusion; coronary stenosis; hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers; albumin; pigs
Harald Kjekshus, Cecilie Risoe, Tim Scholz, and Otto A. Smiseth Methods for assessing hepatic distending pressure and changes in hepatic capacitance in pigs AJP Heart Circ Physiol 279(4):H1796-H1803 SPR-407 pig, swine  
Riley RD, Sato H, Zhao Z-Q, Thourani VH, Jordan JE, Fernandez AX, Ma X-L, MD, Hite DR, Rigel DF, Pellas TC, Peppard J, Bill KA, Lappe RW, Vinten-Johansen J Recombinant human complement C5a receptor antagonist reduces infarct size after surgical revascularization J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:350-358 MPC-500 pig coronary occlusion
Lau CL, Daggett WC, Yeatman MF, Chai P, Lin SS, Lodge AJ, Chen EP, Diamond LE, Byrne GW, PLogan JS, Parker W, Platt JL, Davis RD The role of antibodies in dysfunction of pig-to-baboon pulmonary transplants J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:29-38 Mikro-Tip micromanometer pig, baboon pulmonary xenotransplantation
Langley MS, Chai PJ, Tsui SS, Jaggers JJ, Ungerleider RM THE EFFECTS OF A LEUKOCYTE-DEPLETING FILTER ON CEREBRAL AND RENAL RECOVERY AFTER DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;119:1262-1269 3F micromanometer pig cardiopulmonary bypass
Langley SM, Chai PJ, Jaggers JJ, Ungerleider RM THE FREE RADICAL SPIN TRAP -PHENYL-TERT-BUTYL NITRONE ATTENUATES THE CEREBRAL RESPONSE TO DEEP HYPOTHERMIC ISCHEMIA J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;119:305-313 3F micromanometer pig Reactive oxygen species, circulatory arrest
Walker CA, Baicu SC, Goldberg AT, Widener CE, Fary DJ, Almany DK, Ergul A, Crawford Jr FA, Spinale FG Temporal endothelin dynamics of the myocardial interstitium and systemic circulation in cardiopulmonary bypass J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:864-871 precalibrated microtipped transducer, 7.5F pig Myocardial interstitial endothelin 1
Pearl MJ, Nelson DP, Wellmann SA, Raake JL, Wagner CJ, McNamara JL, Duffy JY Acute hypoxia and reoxygenation impairs exhaled nitric oxide release and pulmonary mechanics J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;119:931-938 Transducer-tipped catheters pig cardiopulmonary bypass
Yoshiya Toyoda, MD; Vincenzo Di Gregorio, MD; Robert A. Parker, ScD; Sidney Levitsky, MD; James D. McCully, PhD Anti-Stunning and Anti-Infarct Effects of Adenosine-Enhanced Ischemic Preconditioning Circulation 2000;102:III-326 Mikro-Tip catheter sheep  
Lai DTM, Timek TA, Dagum P, Green GR, Glasson JR, Daughters GT, Liang D, Ingels Jr NB, Miller C The effects of ring annuloplasty on mitral leaflet geometry during acute left ventricular ischemia J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:966-975 MPC-500 sheep biplane videofluoroscopy
Schermerhorn ML, Tofukuji M, Khoury PR, Phillips L, Hickey PR, Sellke FW, Mayer Jr JE , Nelson DP Sialyl LewisX oligosaccharide preserves cardiopulmonary and endothelial function after hypothermic circulatory arrest in lambs J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:230-237

SPC-350

sheep Neutrophil adhesion
Nagashima M, Nollert G, Stock U, Sperling J, Hatsuoka S, Shum-Tim D, Takeuchi K, Nedder A, Mayer Jr JE Cardiac performance after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in chronically cyanotic neonatal lambs J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:238-246 SPC-350 sheep alveolar hypoxic stress
Ratcliffe MB, Wallace AW, Teerlink JR, Hong J, Salahieh A, Sung S-H, Keung EC, Lee RJ RADIO FREQUENCY HEATING OF CHRONIC OVINE INFARCT LEADS TO SUSTAINED INFARCT AREA AND VENTRICULAR VOLUME REDUCTION J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;119:1194-1204 MPC-500 sheep left ventricular remodeling
Ratcliffe MB, Wallace AW, Salahieh A, Hong J, Ruch S, Hall TS VENTRICULAR VOLUME, CHAMBER STIFFNESS, AND FUNCTION AFTER ANTEROAPICAL ANEURYSM PLICATION IN THE SHEEP J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;119:115-124 SPC-320 sheep End-systolic elastance, diastolic compliance, PRSW, and Starling relationships
Sun Y-H, Anderson TJ, Parker KH, Tyberg JV
Wave-intensity analysis: a new approach to coronary hemodynamics
J Appl Physiol 89: 1636-1644, 2000
2.5F Mikro-Tip catheter dog  
Giorgio Sironi, Davide Colombo, Elena Poggesi, Amedeo Leonardi, Rodolfo Testa, Olivier Rampin1, Jacques Bernabé1 and Francois Giuliano2 Effects of Intracavernous Administration of Selective Antagonists of 1-Adrenoceptor Subtypes on Erection in Anesthetized Rats and Dogs
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Vol. 292, Issue 3, 974-981, March 2000 6F Mikro-Tip catheter dog, rat  
Yoshitatsu Nagatomo, Blase A. Carabello, Mytsi L. Coker, Paul J. McDermott, Shintaro Nemoto, Masayoshi Hamawaki, and Francis G. Spinale Differential effects of pressure or volume overload on myocardial MMP levels and inhibitory control AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 278, Issue 1, H151-H161, January 2000
7.5F Mikro-Tip catheter dog  
Masafumi Yano, Michihiro Kohno, Tomoko Ohkusa, Mamoru Mochizuki, Jutaro Yamada, Masateru Kohno, Takayuki Hisaoka, Kaoru Ono, Taketo Tanigawa, Shigeki Kobayashi, and Masunori Matsuzaki Effect of milrinone on left ventricular relaxation and Ca2+ uptake function of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 279, Issue 4, H1898-H1905, October 2000
7F Mikro-Tip catheter dog  
Masafumi Yano, MD, PhD; Kaoru Ono, MD; Tomoko Ohkusa, MD, PhD; Masae Suetsugu, BS; Masateru Kohno, MD; Takayuki Hisaoka, MD; Shigeki Kobayashi, MD, PhD; Yuji Hisamatsu, MD, PhD; Takeshi Yamamoto, MD, PhD; Michihiro Kohno, MD, PhD; Naoya Noguchi, MD, PhD; Shin Takasawa, MD, PhD; Hiroshi Okamoto, MD, PhD; Masunori Matsuzaki, MD, PhD
Altered Stoichiometry of FKBP12.6 Versus Ryanodine Receptor as a Cause of Abnormal Ca2+ Leak Through Ryanodine Receptor in Heart Failure Circulation. 2000;102:2131 7F Mikro-Tip catheter dog  
Taketo Tanigawa, Masafumi Yano, Michihiro Kohno, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takayuki Hisaoka, Kaoru Ono, Takeshi Ueyama, Shigeki Kobayashi, Yuhji Hisamatsu, Tomoko Ohkusa, and Masunori Matsuzaki Mechanism of preserved positive lusitropy by cAMP-dependent drugs in heart failure AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 278, Issue 2, H313-H320, February 2000
7F Mikro-Tip catheter dog  
Charles T. Leng, MD; Norman A. Paradis, MD; Hugh Calkins, MD; Ronald D. Berger, MD, PhD; Albert C. Lardo, PhD; Kenneth C. Rent; Henry R. Halperin, MD, MA Resuscitation After Prolonged Ventricular Fibrillation With Use of Monophasic and Biphasic Waveform Pulses for External Defibrillation Circulation. 2000;101:2968 7F Mikro-Tip catheter dog  
Hani N. Sabbah, PhD; William C. Stanley, PhD; Victor G. Sharov, MD, PhD; Takayuki Mishima, MD; Mitsuhiro Tanimura, MD; Claude R. Benedict, MD; Sharath Hegde, PhD; Sidney Goldstein, MD Effects of Dopamine ß-Hydroxylase Inhibition With Nepicastat on the Progression of Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Remodeling in Dogs With Chronic Heart Failure Circulation 2000;102:1990 Mikro-Tip catheter dog  
Vinod H. Thourani, Sukhdev S. Brar, Thomas P. Kennedy, Lisa R. Thornton, John A. Watts, Russell S. Ronson, Zhi-Qing Zhao, Anne L. Sturrock, John R. Hoidal, and Jakob Vinten-Johansen Nonanticoagulant heparin inhibits NF-kappaB activation and attenuates myocardial reperfusion injury AJP Heart Circ Physiol 278(6):H2084-H2093 Mikro-Tip catheter dog  
Masayoshi Nagatsu, MD; Francis G. Spinale, MD, PhD; Masaaki Koide, MD; Hirofumi Tagawa, MD; Gilberto DeFreitas, BS; George Cooper, IV, MD; Blase A. Carabello, MD Bradycardia and the Role of ß-Blockade in the Amelioration of Left Ventricular Dysfunction Circulation. 2000;101:653 Mikro-Tip catheter dog  
Kun Don Yi, H. Fred Downey, Xiaoming Bian, Min Fu, and Robert T. Mallet Dobutamine enhances both contractile function and energy reserves in hypoperfused canine right ventricle AJP Heart Circ Physiol 279(6):H2975-H2985 Mikro-Tip catheter dog  
Leonarda Galiuto, MD; Anthony N. DeMaria, MD; Ughetta del Balzo, PhD; Karen May-Newman, PhD; Stephen F. Flaim, PhD; Paul L. Wolf, MD; Michael Kirchengast, PhD; Sabino Iliceto, MD Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury at the Microvascular Level Circulation 2000;102:3111 Mikro-Tip catheter dog  
Gérald Vanzetto, MD, PhD; David K. Glover, ME; Mirta Ruiz, MD; Dennis A. Calnon, MD; Roberto Pasqualini, PhD; Denny D. Watson, PhD; George A. Beller, MD
99mTc-N-NOET Myocardial Uptake Reflects Myocardial Blood Flow and Not Viability in Dogs With Reperfused Acute Myocardial Infarction Circulation. 2000;101:2424 Mikro-Tip catheter dog  
Johnathan D. Tune, PhD; Keith Neu Richmond, PhD; Mark W. Gorman, PhD; Eric O. Feigl, MD Role of Nitric Oxide and Adenosine in Control of Coronary Blood Flow in Exercising Dogs Circulation 2000;101:2942 Mikro-Tip catheter dog  
Charles V. Jackson, Blanche D. Bailey and Timothy J. Shetler Pharmacological Profile of Recombinant, Human Activated Protein C (LY203638) in a Canine Model of Coronary Artery Thrombosis Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Vol. 295, Issue 3, 967-971, December 2000 MPC-500 dog  
Stig Urheim, MD; Thor Edvardsen, MD; Hans Torp, Dr techn; Bjørn Angelsen, Dr techn; Otto A. Smiseth, MD, PhD Myocardial Strain by Doppler Echocardiography Circulation. 2000;102:1158 MPC-500 dog  
Masanori Nakamura, MD, PhD; Vinod H. Thourani, MD; Russell S. Ronson, MD; Daniel A. Velez, MD; Xin-Liang Ma, MD, PhD; Sara Katzmark, BS; Jill Robinson, BS; L. Susan Schmarkey, BS; Zhi-Qing Zhao, MD, PhD; Ning-Ping Wang, MD; Robert A. Guyton, MD; Jakob Vinten-Johansen, PhD Glutathione Reverses Endothelial Damage From Peroxynitrite, the Byproduct of Nitric Oxide Degradation, in Crystalloid Cardioplegia Circulation. 2000;102:III-332 MPC-500 dog  
Hilmar Dörge, Till Neumann, Matthias Behrends, Andreas Skyschally, Rainer Schulz, Christoph Kasper, Raimund Erbel, and Gerd Heusch Perfusion-contraction mismatch with coronary microvascular obstruction: role of inflammation AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 279, Issue 6, H2587-H2592, December 2000
SPC-350 dog  
Jos A. E. Spaan, Annemiek J. M. Cornelissen, Charles Chan, Jenny Dankelman, and Frank C. P. Yin Dynamics of flow, resistance, and intramural vascular volume in canine coronary circulation
AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 278, Issue 2, H383-H403, February 2000
SPC-450 dog  
Toshiaki Shishido, MD, PhD; Kazuko Hayashi, MD; Kenji Shigemi, MD, PhD; Takayuki Sato, MD, PhD; Masaru Sugimachi, MD, PhD; Kenji Sunagawa, MD, PhD
Single-Beat Estimation of End-Systolic Elastance Using Bilinearly Approximated Time-Varying Elastance Curve Circulation. 2000;102:19 SPC-751 dog  
Judy R. Kersten, Wolfgang G. Toller, Eric R. Gross, Paul S. Pagel, and David C. Warltier Diabetes abolishes ischemic preconditioning: role of glucose, insulin, and osmolality
AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 278, Issue 4, H1218-H1224, April 2000
SPC-771 dog  
Johnathan D. Tune, Keith Neu Richmond, Mark W. Gorman, Ray A. Olsson, and Eric O. Feigl Adenosine is not responsible for local metabolic control of coronary blood flow in dogs during exercise AJP Heart Circ Physiol., Vol. 278, Issue 1, H74-H84, January 2000 SPR-524 dog  
Gorman MW, Tune JD, Richmond KN, Feigl EO
Feedforward sympathetic coronary vasodilation in exercising dogs
J Appl Physiol 89: 1892-1902, 2000
SPR-524 dog  
Richmond KN, Tune JD, Gorman MW, Feigl EO
Role of KATP+ channels and adenosine in the control of coronary blood flow during exercise
J Appl Physiol 89: 529-536, 2000
SPR-524 dog  
Artrip JH, Yi G-H, Shimizo J, Feihn E, Sciacca RR, Wang J, Burkhoff D Maximizing hemodynamic effectiveness of biventricular assistance by direct cardiac compression studied in ex vivo and in vivo canine models of acute heart failure J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:379-386 solid-state MikroTip catheter  dog contractility
Shah AS, Atkins BZ, Hata JA, Tai O, Kypson AP, Lilly RE, Koch WJ, Glower DD Early effects of right ventricular volume overload on ventricular performance and ß-adrenergic signaling J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:342-349 5F micromanometer dog tricuspid regurgitation
Karunanithi MK, Feneley MP Limitations of unidimensional indexes of right ventricular contractile function in conscious dogs J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:302-312 MPC-500 dog Vena caval occlusions
Atkins BZ, Silvestry SC, Samy RN, Shah AS, Sabiston Jr DC , Glower DD CALCITONIN GENE–RELATED PEPTIDE ENHANCES THE RECOVERY OF CONTRACTILE FUNCTION IN STUNNED MYOCARDIUM J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;119:1246-1254 MPC-500 dog myocardial performance
Patel HJ, Pilla JJ, Polidori DJ, Pusca SV, Plappert TA, Sutton MS, Lankford EB, Acker MA TEN WEEKS OF RAPID VENTRICULAR PACING CREATES A LONG-TERM MODEL OF LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;119:834-841 5F micromanometer-tipped catheter dog heart failure

 

 

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