Hot Topics: Inhibition of cardiac GRK3 attenuates cardiac dysfunction after chronic pressure overload
Cardiomyocyte-restricted inhibition of G protein-coupled receptor kinase-3 (GRK3) in mice does not alter the hypertrophic response, but attenuates cardiac dysfunction after chronic pressure overload.
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Hot Topics: Prostanoid-mediated inotropic responses are attenuated in failing myocardium
Prostanoids mediate a sustained positive inotropic response in non-failing human and rat ventricular myocardium and this response appears to be down-regulated in failing hearts.
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Hot Topics: Galectin-3 predicts response to statin therapy
Patients with heart failure of ischemic etiology included in the CORONA trial with galectin-3 values <19.0 ng/mL had a lower primary event rate (cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke), lower total mortality, and lower event rate of all-cause mortality and HF hospitalizations after rosuvastatin treatment compared with placebo.
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