Background Elevated plasma levels of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and the N-terminal
fragment of the ANP prohormone (N-ANP) are associated with decreased left ventricular …

DNA methylation is a covalent biochemical modification controlling chromatin structure and
gene expression. Exercise elicits gene expression changes that trigger structural and …

Background— B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a predictor of short- and medium-term
prognosis across the spectrum of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The N-terminal fragment of …

Epigenetic modification through DNA methylation is implicated in metabolic disease. Using
whole-genome promoter methylation analysis of skeletal muscle from normal glucose-…

Twenty women, who had been randomly selected from women with subclinical hypothyroidism
identified in a population study were treated with l‐thyroxine and placebo in a double‐…

… Caidahl K, Svardsudd K, Eriksson H, Wilhelmsen L: Relation of dyspnea to left ventricular
wall … Caidahl K: Relation between cardiac dyspnea and left ventricular function. A non-invasive …

Twelve patients with severe obstructive sleep apnoea were included in an open, long-term,
prospective, follow-up study addressing the effects of nasal continuous positive airway …

Study objective To investigate whether a dose-effect relationship exists between the severity
of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and subclinical indicators of myocardial or vascular …

To evaluate cardiac structure and function as well as blood pressure in the obstructive sleep
apnoea syndrome (OSAS), we investigated 61 male patients and 61 male controls with M-…

The permanent modification of soluble and protein-associated tyrosine by nitration results in
the formation of 3-nitrotyrosine, which can be used as a marker of “nitro-oxidative” damage …