Cutaneous vasodilation to acetylcholine in patients with essential hypertension

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 406-411

  Rossi, Marco ^a   Taddei, Stefano ^a   Fabbri, Alessandra ^a   Tintori, Giancarlo ^a   Credidio, Luigi ^a   Virdis, Agostino ^a   Ghiadoni, Lorenzo ^a   Salvetti, Antonio ^a   Giusti, Costantino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cutaneous blood flow; Essential hypertension; Forearm blood flow Endothelium

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITROPRUSSIDE; SKIN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0030903329     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199703000-00015     Document Type: Article

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