Trandolapril plus verapamil inhibits the coronary vasospasm induced by hypoxia following ischemia-reperfusion injury in dogs

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1057-1059

  Lee, John J ^a   Boulanger, Chantal M ^b   Kirchengast, Michael ^c   Vanhoutte, Paul M ^d,e  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Knoll AG   (Germany)

^d IRIS   (France)

^e IRIS Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier   (France)

Author keywords

angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; Ca++ channel blocker; hypoxic vasospasm; ichemia reperfusion injury

Indexed keywords

TRANDOLAPRIL; VERAPAMIL;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DOG; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 0030250290     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(95)02129-9     Document Type: Article

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