Cardiac function in a rat model of chronic aortic stiffness

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 41-5, 1997, Pages

  Lartaud Idjouadiene, Isabelle ^a   Niederhoffer, Nathalie ^a   Debets, Jack J M ^b   Struyker Boudier, Harry A J ^b   Atkinson, Jeffrey ^a   Smits, Jos F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cardiac filling; elastocalcinosis; mean circulatory filling pressure; venous capacitance

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BLOOD VESSEL CAPACITANCE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX;

EID: 0030953773     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.5.h2211     Document Type: Article

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