Threshold concentrations of endothelin-1 potentiate contractions to norepinephrine and serotonin in human arteries. A new mechanism of vasospasm?

Circulation

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 188-195

  Yang, Zhihong ^b   Richard, Vincent ^b   Von Segesser, Ludwig ^a   Bauer, Erwin ^a   Stulz, Peter ^b   Turina, Marko ^a   Luscher, Thomas F ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcium sensitivity; Coronary artery; Darodipine; Internal mammary artery

Indexed keywords

DARODIPINE; ENDOTHELIN; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENDOTHELINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMAN; NOREPINEPHRINE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDES; SEROTONIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0025327956     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.82.1.188     Document Type: Article

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