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In an animal model of cardiomyopathy that has many similaritiesto human heart failure, we tested the hypothesis that a reductionin apoptosis may be responsible for the beneficial effects of carvedilol.As such, attenuation of apoptosis in the myocardium may representa novel and important mechanism that contributes beneficial effects onthe myocardium.
In an early phase I trial to test the safety and bioactivity of VEGF-A, naked VEGF165 DNA was injected into the myocardium of five patients who had failed standard therapy.
He noted that prazosin blocks heat shock protein expression in myocardium, and it has been hypothesized that this may leave myocardium more vulnerable to injury [ 20 ] .
Adenoviral delivery of VEGF121 to the myocardium of 21 patients by direct injection, either as an adjunct to coronary bypass grafting or as the sole therapy, led to improvement in the area injected, as measured by angiography; angina was also reduced [ 18].
Nevertheless, the developed pressures in this study are quite consistent with other studies [ 17 24 25 ] . That pressures in perfused mouse heart studies are generally low may relate to the resistance of the murine myocardium to extracellular calcium [ 26 ] . Diastolic calcium levels are relatively high with this method especially with dobutamine or 3.5 mM perfusate calcium (table 1).