Effects of short-term administration of sublingual nifedipine on coronary arterial wall elastic properties: Evaluation by intravascular ultrasound

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 508-514

  Mizushige, Katsufumi ^a   DeMaria, Anthony N ^b   Yoshikawa, Kay ^a   Yuba, Masao ^a   Morita, Hisaki ^a   Senda, Shoichi ^a   Matsuo, Hirohide ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary arterial elasticity; Intravascular ultrasound; Nifedipine; Short term effect

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIFEDIPINE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULSATILE FLOW; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0030993266     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199704000-00012     Document Type: Article

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