Chronic hypoxia selectively augments endothelium-dependent pulmonary arterial vasodilation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 3 39-3, 1996, Pages

  Resta, Thomas C ^a   Walker, Benjimen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

endothelin; histamine; hyperpolarization; ionomycin; isolated rat lungs; nitric oxide; segmental vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

1,3 PROPANEDIAMINE; 15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ARGIPRESSIN; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HISTAMINE; IONOMYCIN; N ACETYL 10,11 DIHYDRO 5H DIBENZO[A,D]CYCLOHEPTEN 5 YLGLYCYLLEUCYLASPARTYLISOLEUCYLISOLEUCYLTRYPTOPHAN; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SPERMINE DERIVATIVE; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029932241     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.3.h888     Document Type: Article

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