Aortic peak flow velocity as an index of myocardial contractility in the conscious rat

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 533-539

  Dowell, Russell T ^a   Houdi, Abdulghani A ^b  

^a LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

(dP dt) P; DP dt; Isoproterenol; Left ventricle; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; INOTROPISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031451457     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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