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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleCardiac Depression Produced by L-Arginine and Phosphodiestrase Inhibitor on Isolated Mammalian Rabbit Heart: Function of Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate (cGMP)Hussein F. Sakr, Fahaid Al-Hashem, Mahmoud Al-Khateeb et al.Problem statement: Cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate cGMP is one the important second messengers that determines the cardiomyocyte activity and its role in healthy and diseased cardiac muscle is still controversial. We are reporting the effect of adding L-arginine, the NO donor that stimulates cGMP production and Sildenafil citrate (phosphodiestrase inhibitor) that inhibits cGMP hydrolyis on isolated rabbit’s heart to answer: Is … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 8,182 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRenal Actions of Neutral Endopeptidase Inhibition in Rats with Chronic Heart FailureAmr M. Abbas, Ayman Z. Elsamanoudy, Adel ZalataProblem statement: We aim to evaluate the effects of acute and chronic inhibition of Neutral EndoPeptidase (NEP), by ONO-9902, on plasma and renal NEP gene expression, hemodynamic and renal parameters in rats with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) following left Coronary Artery Ligation (CAL). Approach: Forty eight male Sprague-Dawley rats (220-240 g) were divided into sham and CAL groups. Myocardial infarction … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 11 · 8 Nov 2010 · 7,087 accessesView PDF Cite