Endogenous nitric oxide attenuates hypoxic vasoconstriction of small pulmonary arteries and veins in anaesthetized cats

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-264

  Shirai, M ^a   Shimouchi, A ^a   Kawaguchi, A T ^a   Ikeda, S ^b   Sunagawa, K ^a   Ninomiya, I ^c  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase inhibitor; Small pulmonary vessels; Vascular internal diameter

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOXIA; HYPOXIC LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CAPILLARY; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031042982     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1997.106357000.x     Document Type: Article

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