Effect of vasoactive drugs on carotid diameter in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 4 42-4, 1997, Pages

  Bonyhay, Istvan ^a   Jokkel, Gabor ^a   Karlocai, Kristof ^b   Reneman, Robert ^c   Kollai, Mark ^a,b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL KORANYI INSTITUTE OF PULMONOLOGY   (Hungary)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Baroreflex sensitivity; Carotid distensibility; Echo tracking; Nitroglycerin; Phenylephrine

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAROTID ARTERY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030719368     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.4.h1629     Document Type: Article

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