Effects of enalapril and amlodipine on small-artery structure and composition, and on endothelial dysfunction in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 457-466

  Sharifi, Ali M ^a   Li, Jin S ^a   Endemann, Dierck ^a   Schiffrin, Ernesto L ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amlodipine; Antihypertensive therapy; Blood vessels; Collagen; Elastin; Enalapril; Endothelium; Hypertension; Hypertrophy; Remodeling; Resistance arteries; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMLODIPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COLLAGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ELASTIN; ENALAPRIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HYPERTENSION; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; THICKNESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031955899     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199816040-00007     Document Type: Article

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