Contribution of the vascular interstitial matrix to angiotensin-II-induced contraction: In vitro studies on the rabbit aorta, mesenteric artery and vein;Contribution de la matrice interstitielle vasculaire a la contraction induite par l'angiotensine II. Etudes in vitro sur l'aorte, l'artere et la veine mesenteriques du lapin

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 997-1001

  Plante, G E ^a   Lamontagne, F ^a   Sirois, P ^b  

^a Dept de Médecine ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; HYALURONIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERIC VEIN; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; AORTA; CALCIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MESENTERIC VEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RABBITS; SODIUM; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0029839733     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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