Physiologic aspects of drug therapy and large artery elastic properties

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-50

  Bank, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Artery; Collagen; Compliance; Elasticity; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NORADRENALIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY TONE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELASTICITY; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; YOUNG MODULUS; ADVENTITIA; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030754030     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X9700200107     Document Type: Article

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