Finite element models have been widely employed in an effort to quantify the stress and strain distribution around implanted prostheses and to explore the influence of these distributions on their… (More)
The inducible isoform of the 70-kDa heat shock protein (HSP) family, HSP 72, has been shown to protect cells from protein-damaging stressors and has been associated with myocardial protection.… (More)
The effects of dipyridamole on the metabolism of adenosine were studied in human whole blood. The half-life for adenosine disappearance and the formation of deamination and phosphorylation products… (More)
This study determined effects of surgical dissection and chronic stimulation on degeneration of the latissimus dorsi muscle (LDM), the muscle used for contractile assistance in cardiomyoplasty. LDMs… (More)
AIM
The aim of the present study was to examine nitric oxide (NO)-mediated coronary vascular responses in a mouse model of obesity and diabetes induced by a high-fat, high-carbohydrate diet. We… (More)
BACKGROUND
Dynamic cardiomyoplasty has shown promise as a surgical treatment for congestive heart failure, however, skeletal muscle damage has been reported in the latissimus dorsi muscle flap.… (More)
NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (NMA) and NG-nitro-L-arginine (NNA), both of which are inhibitors of nitric oxide (endothelium-derived relaxing factor, EDRF) production from L-arginine, have been shown to… (More)
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This study was designed to test the hypothesis that endotoxin-induced hypotension is caused, in part, by increased endothelial synthesis of nitric oxide and that inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis… (More)
Failed total elbow arthroplasties often are associated with significant bone loss, especially at the level of both humeral condyles. Regular implants might not be ideal for those revision cases and… (More)