Chronic endothelin-1 blockade preserves myocardial contractility in dilated cardiomyopathy

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Shekhar Pandey, A ^a   Stewart, Duncan J ^a   Cernacek, Peter ^a   Dawood, Fayez ^a   Wen, Wen H ^a   Liu, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Congestive heart failure; Endothelin 1; Lusitropy

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; ENRASENTAN; INDAN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DBA MOUSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ENDOTHELIN-1; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; INDANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN A; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN;

EID: 0031644534     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199800001-00085     Document Type: Article

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