The effect of oxytocin on the contractile force of human atrial trabeculae

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-44

  Rosaeg, Ola P ^a   Cicutti, Nicholas J ^a   Labow, Rosalind S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORBUTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INOTROPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHLOROBUTANOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OXYTOCIN;

EID: 0031984923     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199801000-00008     Document Type: Article

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