We compared endothelial responses to calcium-mobilizing agents in mesenteric and cerebral
resistance arteries of the rat. Middle cerebral and small mesenteric arteries were mounted …

Neochordae construction using an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene suture is an accepted
surgical technique to correct mitral regurgitation due to mitral valve prolapse. We report two …

Severe secondary (functional) mitral regurgitation (MR) is associated with decreased
patient quality of life, increased rate of hospitalization for congestive heart failure (CHF), and …

Background—The physiological consequences of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) expression
were studied in allograft coronary arteries by pressure myography. Methods and Results—…

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organization whose mission is to help doctors improve survival and quality of life (QoL) for …

Early recordings with oxygen electrodes show that under steady state conditions, tissue
oxygen tension (Po 2 ) undergoes spontaneous fluctuations (Clark, 1958; Cooper et al., 1966; …

… Skarsgard contributed equally to this work, which was supported by operating grants from
the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation of British Columbia and Yukon (IL and BMM) and …

Interventions Balloon pyloroplasty under fluoroscopic guidance, mostly on an outpatient
basis. For 1 child, the procedure was endoscopically monitored also.

… We again used the Lewisto-F-344 model to characterize the myogenic properties of isolated
coronary resistance arteries in allograft and isograft hearts (PL Skarsgard et al., unpubl. obs.…

… to place the endotracheal tube into the trachea through a tracheostomy and then place the
… ) for 1 hour, with umbilical artery catheters in place (to measure arterial blood gas values). …