Mechanisms of inhibition of endothelium-dependent relaxation by halothane, isoflurane, and sevoflurane

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 340-346

  Nakamura, Kumi ^a   Terasako, Kiyoshi ^a   Toda, Hiroshi ^a   Miyawaki, Ikuko ^a   Kakuyama, Masahiro ^a   Nishiwada, Makoto ^a   Hatano, Yoshio ^a,b   Mori, Kenjiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics, volatile: halothane, isoflurane, sevoflurane; Arteries: vasodilatation, endothelium, endothelium derived relaxing factor; Metabolism: guanosine monophosphate

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; SEVOFLURANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ETHERS; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASODILATION;

EID: 0028214857     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03009915     Document Type: Article

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