Decreased pulmonary arterial endothelium- dependent relaxation in heartworm-infected dogs with pulmonary hypertension

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-174

  Matsukura, Yoshihito ^a   Washizu, Makoto ^a   Kondo, Motoki ^a   Motoyoshi, Shigekatsu ^a   Itoh, Akiko ^a   Nakajyo, Shinjiro ^a   Shimizu, Kazumasa ^a   Urakawa, Norimoto ^a  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REFERENCE VALUE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBACHOL; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PHENYLEPHRINE; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031065152     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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