Underestimation of vasodilator effects of nitroglycerin by upper limb blood pressure

Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 520-523

  Takazawa, Kenji ^a,b   Tanaka, Nobuhiro ^a   Takeda, Kazuhiro ^a   Kurosu, Fujio ^a   Ibukiyama, Chiharu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

aorta, ascending; blood pressure; nitroglycerin; vasodilator agents

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA PRESSURE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASODILATATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0029148352     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.26.3.520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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