Nifedipine increases microvascular permeability via a direct local effect on postcapillary venules

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 4 44-4, 1998, Pages

  Taherzadeh, Morteza ^a   Das, Asit K ^a   Warren, John B ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium antagonists; Edema; Vascular permeability; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; EDEMA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031754963     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.275.4.h1388     Document Type: Article

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