Midwall left ventricular performance in salt-loaded Dahl rats: Effect of AT1 angiotensin II inhibition

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1808-1812

  de Simone, Giovanni ^a   Devereux, Richard B ^a   Camargo, Maria J F ^a   Wallerson, Donald C ^a   Sealey, Jean E ^a   Laragh, John H ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterload; Cardiac function; Contractility; Losartan; Preload; Salt

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; LOSARTAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HYPERTENSION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029557694     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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