A new method for combined isometric and isobaric pharmacodynamic studies on porcine coronary arteries

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 919-927

  Tankó, László B ^a   Mikkelsen, Erich O ^a   Frøbert, Ole ^b   Bagger, Jens P ^b   Gregersen, Hans ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Acetylcholine; Impedance planimetry; K+ depolarization; Medium sized artery; Noradrenaline; Stretch ratio tension relationship; Vascular sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM ION; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORONARY ARTERY; DEPOLARIZATION; IMPEDANCE; ISOMETRICS; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRESSURE; SWINE;

EID: 0031741676     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.tb02344.x     Document Type: Article

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