Haemodynamic effects of adrenomedullin in human resistance and capacitance vessels

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-60

  Cockcroft, John R ^a   Noon, Joseph P ^a   Gardner Medwin, Janet ^a   Bennett, Terry ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Arteries; Blood flow; CGRP; Veins

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAPACITANCE BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HALF LIFE TIME; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; VASODILATATION; VEIN DILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VENOCONSTRICTION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0030748319     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1997.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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