Contrasting effects of blockade of nitric oxide formation on resistance and conductance coronary vessels in conscious dogs

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 555-567

  Parent, Robert ^a   Hamdad, Nadia ^a   Ming, Zhi ^a   Lavallée, Michel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; adenosine; coronary artery tone; coronary blood flow; dog; L NAME; nitrates; nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ARGININE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PHENYLEPHRINE; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOG; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRACARDIAC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART RATE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGLYCERIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUBSTANCE P; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0029878479     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0008-6363(95)00241-3     Document Type: Article

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