Novel Insights Regarding Nitric Oxide and Cardiovascular Diseases

Nitric oxide (NO) is a powerful mediator with biological activities such as vasodilation and prevention of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation as well as functional regulation of cardiac cells. Thus, impaired production or reduced bioavailability of NO predisposes to the onset of different cardiovascular (CV) diseases. Alterations in the redox balance associated with excitation-contraction coupling have been identified in heart failure (HF), thus contributing to contractile abnormalities and arrhythmias. For its ability to influence cell proliferation and angiogenesis, NO may be considered a therapeutic option for the management of several CV diseases. Several clinical studies and trials investigated therapeutic NO strategies for systemic hypertension, atherosclerosis, and/or prevention of in stent restenosis, coronary heart disease (CHD), pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and HF, although with mixed results in long-term treatment and effective dose administered in selected groups of patients. Tadalafil, sildenafil, and cinaguat were evaluated for the treatment of PAH, whereas vericiguat was investigated in the treatment of HF patients with reduced ejection fraction. Furthermore, supplementation with hydrogen sulfide, tetrahydrobiopterin, and nitrite/nitrate has shown beneficial effects at the vascular level.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:72

Enthalten in:

Angiology - 72(2021), 5 vom: 06. Mai, Seite 411-425

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Infante, Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Costa, Dario [VerfasserIn]
Napoli, Claudio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

31C4KY9ESH
Atherosclerosis
Coronary heart disease
Cyclic GMP
EC 4.6.1.2
H2D2X058MU
Heart failure
Journal Article
Nitric Oxide
Nitric Oxide Donors
Nitric oxide
Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Review
Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase
Systemic hypertension

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Date Completed 10.05.2021

Date Revised 10.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/0003319720979243

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320405303