Dipyridamole potentiates pulmonary vasodilation induced by acetylcholine and nitric oxide in the ovine fetus

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 4 PART I, 1998, Pages 1104-1110

  Ziegler, James W ^b   Ivy, D Dunbar ^b   Fox, Jonathan J ^b   Kinsella, John P ^b   Clarke, William R ^b   Abman, Steven H ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS LUNG; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FETUS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; SHEEP; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031979704     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.4.9701121     Document Type: Article

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