Reduced distensibility of the common carotid artery in patients treated with ergotamine

Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-119

  Barenbrock, M ^a   Spieker, C ^a   Witta, J ^a   Evers, S ^a   Hoeks, A P G ^b   Rahn, K H ^a   Zidek, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

arteries; compliance; ergotamine; muscle, smooth, vascular

Indexed keywords

ERGOTAMINE TARTRATE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0029949065     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.28.1.115     Document Type: Article

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