Effect of heartworm infection on in vitro contractile responses of canine pulmonary artery and vein

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 394-397

  Maksimowich, Dana S ^a   Mupanomunda, Maria ^a   Williams, Jeffrey F ^b   Kaiser, Lana ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY ARTERY; VENOCONSTRICTION; ANIMAL; DOG DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FILARIASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

15 HYDROXY 9ALPHA,11ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HISTAMINE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN ENDOPEROXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SEROTONIN; THROMBOXANE A2;

ANIMALS; DINOPROST; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HISTAMINE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NOREPINEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN ENDOPEROXIDES, SYNTHETIC; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEINS; SEROTONIN; THROMBOXANE A2; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031113073     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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