Antenatal betamethasone therapy augments nitric oxide-mediated relaxation of preterm ovine pulmonary veins

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 390-396

  Zhou, Haiyan ^b   Gao, Yuansheng ^a   Raj, J Usha ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

pulmonary vessels; soluble guanylate cyclase

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; BRADYKININ; ENDOTHELIN 1; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0030068801     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.2.390     Document Type: Article

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