American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Papers
(The TQCC of American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Expanding the supply of donor hearts through donation after circulatory death102
Prenatal stress induces sex- and tissue-specific alterations in insulin pathway of Wistar rats offspring99
The multifaceted roles of red blood cells in health and disease87
Innervation of adipocytes is limited in mouse perivascular adipose tissue64
Farther and faster: enhancing skeletal muscle performance59
Parental obesity predisposes male and female offspring to exacerbated cardiac dysfunction and increased mortality after myocardial infarction58
FoxO4 controls sGCβ transcription in vascular smooth muscle55
Temporal effects of sympathetic denervation on aortic remodeling and rupture in experimental abdominal aortic aneurysm53
Adverse pregnancy outcomes and renal-vascular function in the early years after delivery52
Volume responsiveness revisited: an observational multicenter study of continuous versus binary outcomes combining echocardiography and venous return physiology49
Immune interactions in pembrolizumab (PD-1 inhibitor) cancer therapy and cardiovascular complications47
Sustained tenascin-C expression drives neointimal hyperplasia and promotes aortocaval fistula failure43
The vulnerable preterm heart: tale from the two chambers42
Anthracycline cardiotoxicity is exacerbated by global p38β genetic ablation in a sexually dimorphic manner but unaltered by cardiomyocyte-specific p38α loss40
Reply to De Mey et al.39
Sex differences in cardiovascular disease and dysregulation in Down syndrome39
Guidelines for assessing maternal cardiovascular physiology during pregnancy and postpartum37
Stem Cell-Derived Heterocellular Atrial Engineered Cardiac Tissue With Comparisons to Native Human Atrial Myocardium37
lncRNAs in vascular senescence and microvascular remodeling36
An ovary-intact postmenopausal HFpEF mouse model; menopause is more than just estrogen deficiency36
Sclerostin ablation prevents aortic valve stenosis in mice35
Mannitol and hyponatremia regulate cardiac ventricular conduction in the context of sodium channel loss of function32
The meaning of volume responsiveness and its relationship to venous return31
Implications of Sm22α-Cre expression in keratinocytes and unanticipated inflammatory skin lesion in a model of atherosclerosis31
Guidelines for assessing ventricular pressure-volume relationships in rodents31
An in silico approach to understanding the interaction between cardiovascular and pulmonary lymphatic dysfunction30
Reflex sympathetic activation to inspiratory muscle loading is attenuated in females relative to males30
Hypertension promotes microbial translocation and dysbiotic shifts in the fecal microbiome of nonhuman primates30
Impact of ischemia on left atrial remodeling and dysfunction in swine models of mitral regurgitation29
Constipation as a new nontraditional significant contributor to cardiovascular disease29
Preserved β-adrenergic-mediated vasodilation in skeletal muscle of young adults with obesity despite shifts in cyclooxygenase and nitric oxide synthase29
Fetal cardiac troponin I levels decline toward birth in sheep29
Closing the window on COVID-19 case-control studies28
Corrigendum for Methawasin et al., volume 328, 2025, p. H719–H73327
Connecting the dots between FXR1 isoforms and miR-1 in pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy27
Cardiac health, type I collagen, and aging in the oim/oim mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta and a cohort of adults with OI27
Chronotype and metabolic syndrome in midlife: findings from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 196627
Guidelines for in vivo models of developmental programming of cardiovascular disease risk27
Corrigendum for Bigler et al., volume 327, 2024, p. H1124–H113127
Role of membrane microdomains in cardiac protection: strategies for diabetic cardiomyopathy27
X’s, Y’s, and vascular ties: exploring the role of sex chromosomes in arterial stiffness and vascular aging26
Is a decline in myocardial citrullination in the aged female heart really PAD2 the bone?26
Electronic hookah (waterpipe) vaping reduces vascular endothelial function: the role of nicotine26
Insights into the associations between the gut microbiome, its metabolites, and heart failure25
Measuring cardiomyocyte cell-cycle activity and proliferation in the age of heart regeneration25
Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-4 deletion in mice impacts maternal cardiac function during pregnancy and postpartum25
Mechanisms matter: a powerful example of insights gained through computational physiology25
Arterial stiffness preceding metabolic syndrome in 3,862 adolescents: a mediation and temporal causal longitudinal birth cohort study25
Reply to Skalidis et al.25
Cardiomyocyte-specific disruption of soluble epoxide hydrolase limits inflammation to preserve cardiac function25
Interaction of macro- and microvascular function underlies brachial artery flow-mediated dilation in humans25
Sexual dimorphism of psychological stress-induced susceptibility to ischemic heart disease: Is the king naked?24
Programming the heart: prenatal glucocorticoids and sex-specific cardiovascular risk24
Exercise as a Vital Sign in Cardiopulmonary Disease: Insights from Wave Intensity Analysis24
Cardiac stasis imaging, stroke, and silent brain infarcts in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy24
Sex differences in aortic valve inflammation and remodeling in chronic severe aortic regurgitation24
Statin therapy improves locomotor muscle microvascular reactivity in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction23
Accelerating Systematic Reviews: A Novel One-Week Screening Protocol Using Rule-Based Automation with AI-Assisted Python Coding23
Corrigendum for Ferreira et al., volume 325, 2023, p. H774–H78923
The role of α2-adrenergic mechanisms in sympathetic baroreflex control of human blood pressure23
To err, KIR2 that is, on the side of vasodilation in aging22
When it comes to the heart, age, and sex matter (sometimes)22
Blood pressure responses to handgrip exercise but not apnea or mental stress are enhanced in women with a recent history of preeclampsia21
Sex-specific responses to slow progressive pressure overload in a large animal model of HFpEF21
Increased adiposity impairs vascular function in postmenopausal women in hemodialysis21
Coronary artery endothelial function and aging in people with HIV and HIV-negative individuals21
Vascular insulin resistance as a potential mechanism of increased cardiovascular risk in gestational diabetes21
Advanced phenotyping in patients with a Fontan circulation uncovers effects of pulmonary vascular disease21
Differential effects of obesity on visceral versus subcutaneous adipose arteries: role of shear-activated Kir2.1 and alterations to the glycocalyx21
Beyond the QT interval: how QT/RR hysteresis may reveal a sex-dependent hidden risk for cardiac arrhythmias20
Predictive value of triglyceride-glucose index for the evaluation of coronary artery disease severity and occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events20
Influence of exercise training on the left atrium: implications for atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and stroke20
Temporal mineralocorticoid receptor activation regulates the molecular clock and transcription of cardiovascular disease modulators in myeloid cells19
Sex differences in the functional morphology of coronary arteries in embryonic mice19
Detecting rapid elevations in blood pressure using a novel pulse arrival time and machine learning technique19
Structural and functional adaptations of human cardiomyocytes in metabolic disease and heart failure19
Differential right ventricular afterload during exercise in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension19
Sublingual microcirculatory function as a prognostic indicator of general microvascular health19
Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor-ζ1 deletion triggers defective heart morphogenesis in mice and zebrafish19
Salsalate negatively impacts microvascular function in women with endometriosis19
Bone Morphogenetic Protein 10: Clinical Correlates and Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation19
Essential contributions of the α2-Na+/K+-ATPase ouabain binding site to cardiac remodeling19
Serial and regional assessment of the right ventricular molecular and functional response to pressure loading19
Sex as a biological variable in exercise prescription: a critical consideration in developing a road map for sex-related differences in cardiovascular research19
Multiomic and electrophysiologic analyses reveal that an inherited MRC2 variant causes fibroblast dysfunction and increased atrial fibrillation susceptibility19
Deep phenotyping of two preclinical mouse models and a cohort of RBM20 mutation carriers reveals no sex-dependent disease severity in RBM20 cardiomyopathy19
Are supine assessments an ecologically valid method to characterize sitting-induced declines in lower-limb vascular health?19
Novel role of vascular chemerin in blood vessel tone18
Whole genome transcriptomics reveal distinct atrial versus ventricular responses to neonatal hyperoxia18
Single-cell ionic current phenotyping explains stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte action potential morphology18
Bedding as a variable affecting fasting blood glucose and vascular physiology in mice18
Aortic aneurysm and dissection: complement and precision medicine in aortic disease18
Ischemia-reperfusion myocardial infarction induces remodeling of left cardiac-projecting stellate ganglia neurons18
Female mice are protected from impaired parenchymal arteriolar TRPV4 function and impaired cognition in hypertension17
Recent advances associated with cardiometabolic remodeling in diabetes-induced heart failure17
Computational model captures cardiac growth in hypertensive pregnancies and in the postpartum period17
Vitamin A preserves cardiac energetic gene expression in a murine model of diet-induced obesity17
Functional capacity and skeletal muscle morphology are linked to N-terminal proBNP but not left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with heart failure17
Procurement and preservation of neonatal porcine cardiac tissue17
Real-time visualization of dextran extravasation in intermittent hypoxia mice using noninvasive SWIR imaging17
Plasma levels of sTREM2 in chronic heart failure: predictors and prognostic relevance17
Ebbs and tides of endothelial K+ currents that regulate blood flow17
Acceleration of age-related impairments in vascular function in women: interrogation of the (un)usual hormonal suspects17
Early- to mid-gestational testosterone excess leads to adverse cardiac outcomes in postpartum sheep16
Cardiovascular and aortic wave reflection responses to evening binge alcohol consumption16
Irx5 and transient outward K+ currents contribute to transmural contractile heterogeneities in the mouse ventricle16
Impact of ovary-intact menopause in a mouse model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction16
Ventricular-arterial coupling and cardiovascular risk among young adults: The African-PREDICT study16
Renal TLR-7/TNF-α pathway as a potential female-specific mechanism in the pathogenesis of autoimmune-induced hypertension16
Role of adropin in arterial stiffening associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes16
Low-dose 1,3-butanediol reverses age-associated vascular dysfunction independent of ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate16
Skin pigmentation is negatively associated with circulating vitamin D concentration and cutaneous microvascular endothelial function16
Mlc2v-Cre induces germline recombination in a sex-biased manner15
Noncoding RNA as potential therapeutics to rescue mitochondrial dysfunction in cardiovascular diseases15
Serial blood volume measurements in patients with compensated chronic heart failure: How do volume profiles change over time?15
Characterizing the influence of cardiorespiratory fitness on left atrial size and function in the general population15
Improving the inclusion of transgender and nonbinary individuals in the planning, completion, and mobilization of cardiovascular research15
The role of T cells in vascular aging, hypertension, and atherosclerosis15
Autonomic cardiovascular control during exercise15
Phospholipase Cε insufficiency causes ascending aortic aneurysm and dissection15
Tailoring transfection for cardiomyocyte cell lines: balancing efficiency and toxicity in lipid versus polymer-based transfection methods in H9c2 and HL-1 cells15
β-Blockers are associated with increased B-type natriuretic peptide levels differently in men and women in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction15
Red blood cells from patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and elevated C-reactive protein levels induce endothelial dysfunction15
Trypsin cleavage of the β1-adrenergic receptor15
Mechanical response of cardiac microtissues to acute localized injury15
Comprehensive ultrasound imaging of right ventricular remodeling under surgically induced pressure overload in mice15
Hypoxic neutrophils enflame the infarcted heart15
Sex-specific effects of prenatal hypoxia on the cardiac endothelin system in adult offspring15
Editorial Board14
The 24-h activity cycle and cardiovascular outcomes: establishing biological plausibility using arterial stiffness as an intermediate outcome14
Elevated sympathetic-mediated vasoconstriction at rest but intact functional sympatholysis during exercise in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction14
Dual effects of the small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ current on human atrial electrophysiology and Ca2+-driven arrhythmogenesis: an in silico study14
Oxygen uptake kinetics and chronotropic responses to exercise are impaired in survivors of severe COVID-1914
The gut microbiome as a modulator of arterial function and age-related arterial dysfunction14
Sleep efficiency and PTSD symptom severity predict microvascular endothelial function and arterial stiffness in young, trauma-exposed women14
Novel insights into the pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction14
Racial disparity in microvascular function among women with newly diagnosed breast cancer14
Age-related changes in left ventricular vortex and energy loss patterns: from newborns to adults14
Acute vascular function responses predict chronic vascular function changes to heating and exercise interventions in young, healthy recreationally active adults14
Regional transcriptomic profiling reveals immune system enrichment in nonfailing atria and all chambers of the failing human heart14
Hypertension is linked to enhanced lymphatic contractile response via RGS16/RhoA/ROCK pathway14
The stronger sex, until menopause: understanding the impact of estrogen loss on heart function14
Contextualization of observed racial differences in biomarkers to avoid racial essentialism14
Cardiomyocyte-specific LARP6 overexpression prevents angiotensin II-induced myocardial dysfunction and interstitial fibrosis13
Inhibition of glutaminase 1-mediated glutaminolysis improves pathological cardiac remodeling13
Association of right ventricular dysfunction with blood volume expansion to outcomes in chronic left-sided heart failure13
MRI assessed cardiac structure and function in young adult offspring of hypertensive pregnancies: a 27-year prospective follow-up birth cohort13
Is HFpEF a chicken or an egg? Utility of models for a clinical syndrome13
Splicing factor kinase SRPK1 inhibition in monocyte: a novel therapeutic approach for peripheral arterial disease13
Age and sex dependency of thoracic aortopathy in a mouse model of Marfan syndrome13
Interleukin 4/13 signaling in cardiac regeneration and repair13
Chronic mitochondria antioxidant treatment in older adults alters the circulating milieu to improve endothelial cell function and mitochondrial oxidative stress13
Mechanistic insight into the role of cardiac-enriched microRNAs in diabetic heart injury13
Sex hormones impact early maturation and immune response in the arteriovenous fistula mouse model13
Early pathological mechanisms in a mouse model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction13
Don't go vaping my heart: e-cigarette exposure during pregnancy promotes peripartum ventricular arrhythmias and sympathetic dominance13
Reinforcing rigor and reproducibility expectations for use of sex and gender in cardiovascular research13
The neurovascular unit in type 2 diabetes: a tale of two sexes13
Matrix anisotropy promotes angiogenesis in a density-dependent manner12
Enhanced vascular contraction induced by exposure to angiotensin II mediated by endothelin-1 biosynthesis following PKCβ activation12
Modulation of p66Shc impairs cerebrovascular myogenic tone in low renin but not low nitric oxide models of systemic hypertension12
Inhibition of kinin B1 receptor alleviates SARS-CoV-2-induced long-lasting cardiovascular complications12
Short-term salicylate treatment improves microvascular endothelium-dependent dilation in young adults with major depressive disorder12
Association between serum estradiol and cardiovascular health among transgender adults using gender-affirming estrogen therapy12
Persisting elevation of total hemoglobin mass after altitude training in elite swimmers: a potential role of prolonged erythrocyte survival12
Obesity blunts amelioration of cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis by human mesenchymal stem/stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicles12
Intracoronary ECG ST-segment shift remission time during reactive myocardial hyperemia: a new method to assess hemodynamic coronary stenosis severity12
Developmental nicotine exposure alters cardiovascular structure and function in neonatal and juvenile rats12
Understanding Takotsubo syndrome: first evaluate your mouse model12
High-salt diet augments systolic blood pressure and induces arterial dysfunction in outbred, genetically diverse mice12
Carotid dysfunction in senescent female mice is mediated by increased α1A‐adrenoceptor activity and COX-derived vasoconstrictor prostanoids12
A minimally invasive swine model of chronic kidney disease-associated heart failure12
What frozen human hearts can tell us about treating heart failure12
Activation of the nonneuronal cholinergic cardiac system by hypoxic preconditioning protects isolated adult cardiomyocytes from hypoxia/reoxygenation injury12
The importance of biological sex in cardiac cachexia11
Cardiac myosin motor deficits are associated with left ventricular dysfunction in human ischemic heart failure11
Loss of lung microvascular endothelial Piezo2 expression impairs NO synthesis, induces EndMT, and is associated with pulmonary hypertension11
Reply to Liu et al.11
High variability in the reproducibility of key hemodynamic responses to head-up tilt11
Gender-affirming estrogen therapy route of administration and cardiovascular risk: a systematic review and narrative synthesis11
Ischemic damage to every segment of the oxidative phosphorylation cascade elevates ETC driving force and ROS production in cardiac mitochondria11
New cardiac targets for empagliflozin: O-GlcNAcylation, CaMKII, and calcium handling11
Pregnancy-dependent cardioprotection via GPER activation in Dahl salt-sensitive rats with superimposed preeclampsia11
Loss of Elmsan1 in cardiomyocytes leads to age-dependent cardiac dysfunction and reduced lifespan11
Differential effects of myosin activators on myocardial contractile function in nonfailing and failing human hearts11
Mechanisms and clinical implications of endothelium-dependent vasomotor dysfunction in coronary microvasculature11
The FXYD1 protein plays a protective role against pulmonary hypertension and arterial remodeling via redox and inflammatory mechanisms11
Deletion of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Endothelial Cells Improves Ischemic Angiogenesis in Chronic Kidney Disease11
Collagen VIII: A New Guardian of Endothelial Cell Identity in Atherosclerosis11
Cerebral arteriolar and neurovascular dysfunction after chemically induced menopause in mice11
Reply to Blaustein et al.11
Evolving hemodynamics in Fontan circulation: age-driven insights in patients with interrupted inferior vena cava and hepatoazygos shunt11
Lower hemoglobin levels associate with higher baroreflex sensitivity and heart rate variability11
Effect of insulin on indices of cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular compliance in young adults11
CARDIAC REDOX IMBALANCE UPON DISRUPTION OF SELENOCYSTEINE DECOMPOSITION IN MICE11
S100A1’s single cysteine is an indispensable redox switch for the protection against diastolic calcium waves in cardiomyocytes10
PDE-5 inhibition mitigates mental stress-induced endothelial dysfunction in resistant hypertension10
Reply to Madias10
The role of mechanosignaling in the control of myocardial mass10
Mitochondrial respiration analysis in permeabilized porcine left ventricular and human right atrial specimens with ischemia-reperfusion10
Development and characterization of a mass cytometry panel for detecting the effect of acute doxorubicin exposure on murine cardiac nonmyocytes10
The cardiovascular subtleties of testosterone on gender-affirming hormone therapy10
Sex differences and role of lysyl oxidase-like 2 in angiotensin II-induced hypertension in mice10
Cardioprotective effects of exercise on ischemic heart disease: digging into the downstream signaling pathways10
Effects of dietary soy content on cerebral artery function and behavior in ovariectomized female mice10
Allostatic load and cardiometabolic health in a young adult South African population: the African-PREDICT study10
Retraction for Howard et al., volume 301, 2011, H1447–H145510
Cardiac energy substrate utilization in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: reconciling conflicting evidence on fatty acid and glucose metabolism10
Is there an “athlete’s vein”?10
Nitric oxide-mediated cutaneous microvascular function is not altered in young adults following mild-to-moderate SARS CoV-2 infection10
Atrial pacing improves mitochondrial function in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices10
(Re)modeling high-salt diet-induced hypertension in mice10
Hippo signaling pathway and mitochondrial dysfunction in Takotsubo syndrome10
Sigmoidal heart rate response pattern during exercise in patients with chronic heart failure10
Coronary vasodilation mediated by T cells expressing choline acetyltransferase10
Selective elevation in external carotid artery flow during acute gravitational transition to microgravity during parabolic flight10
Microvascular dysfunction and neurovascular uncoupling are exacerbated in peripheral artery disease, increasing the risk of cognitive decline in older adults9
Estrogen contributes to the sex difference in the occurrence of senescence-related T cells during the development of visceral adipose tissue inflammation9
Sleep disturbance and sympathetic neural reactivity in postmenopausal females9
Considering impact of age and sex on cardiac cytoskeletal components9
TREK-1: a Janus-faced and subcellular location-based regulator of cardiac remodeling in heart failure9
Macro- and microinjury define the heart failure progression after permanent coronary ligation or ischemia-reperfusion in young healthy mice9
Mechanisms that limit regression of myocardial fibrosis following removal of left ventricular pressure overload9
Age and sex hormones modulate left ventricle regional response to angiotensin II in male and female mice9
Clinical significance and correlation of microRNA-21 expression in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement9
Mueller maneuver attenuates left atrial phasic volumes and myocardial strain in healthy younger adults9
Impaired microcirculatory function, mitochondrial respiration, and oxygen utilization in skeletal muscle of claudicating patients with peripheral artery disease9
Understanding the molecular basis of cardiomyopathy9
Glucocorticoids impair T lymphopoiesis after myocardial infarction9
Decreased ability to manage increases in reactive oxygen species may underlie susceptibility to arrhythmias in mice lacking Scn1b9
Carotid artery stiffness mechanisms, heart failure events, and atrial fibrillation in MESA: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis9
Antecubital Venous Endothelial ETB Receptor Protein Expression is Preserved with Aging in Men9
Caffeine-Associated Reduction in Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) is Mediated in Part by Adenosine Receptor Antagonism9
Exercise blood pressure and heart rate responses to graded exercise testing in intermediate versus morning chronotypes with obesity9
K+ currents in ventricular cardiomyocytes of p.N98S-calmodulin mutant mice9
Modeling HFpEF in mice: role of lifestyle interventions and implications for humans with heart failure9
RRAGD variants cause cardiac dysfunction in a zebrafish model9
The cardiomyocyte origins of diastolic dysfunction: cellular components of myocardial “stiffness”9
Heart and health behavior responses to GLP-1 receptor agonists: a 12-wk study using wearable technology and causal inference9
Chloride/bicarbonate exchange adversely modifies cardiovascular responses to traumatic brain injury9
Vascular regeneration: a new mechanism of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist-mediated cardioprotection?9
Tissue-specific mitochondrial toxicity of cigarette smoke concentrate: consequence to oxidative phosphorylation9
Sympathetic determinants of resting blood pressure in males and females9
Regulation of cardiac fibroblasts by lymphocytes after a myocardial infarction: playing in the major league9
Heartbreak to immune breakdown: myocardial infarction is causing thymic injury mediated by activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis9
Loss of ADAM15 in female mice does not worsen pressure overload cardiomyopathy, independent of ovarian hormones9
Endothelial dysfunction promotes age-related reorganization of collagen fibers and alters aortic biomechanics in mice9
Only the strong “aorta” survives: the female edge in a mouse model of severe Marfan syndrome8
Impairment of microvascular endothelial Kir2.1 channels contributes to endothelial dysfunction in human hypertension8
Hypertrophic heart failure promotes gut dysbiosis and gut leakage in interleukin 10-deficient mice8
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