Background Pilot trials suggest that the intracoronary administration of autologous progenitor
cells may improve left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction. Methods In a …

Background Studies of the cardioprotective effects of exercise training in patients with coronary
artery disease have yielded contradictory results. Exercise training has been associated …

Background— Regular exercise in patients with stable coronary artery disease has been
shown to improve myocardial perfusion and to retard disease progression. We therefore …

Objectives : The aim of this study was to assess the effects of regular physical exercise on
local inflammatory parameters in the skeletal muscle of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF…

Aims To investigate the clinical outcome after intracoronary administration of autologous
progenitor cells in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods and results Using a …

Objectives— The concept of neovascularization in response to tissue ischemia has been
extended by the finding of postnatal vasculogenesis initiated by endothelial progenitor cells (…

Background— In patients with stable coronary artery disease, physical exercise training (ET)
improves endothelial dysfunction. A potential mechanism mediating the enhanced …

Background— In chronic heart failure (CHF), cross-talk between inflammatory activation
and oxidative stress has been anticipated in skeletal muscle (SM). The role of the radical …

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to analyze whether L-arginine (L-arg.) has comparable
or additive effects to physical exercise regarding endothelium-dependent vasodilation in …

OBJECTIVES We sought to analyze the systemic effects of lower-limb exercise training (ET)
on radial artery endothelial function in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). …