The effects of long-term infusions of angiotensin II into the pregnant ewe on uterine blood flow and on the fetus

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 824-830

  Stevens, A D ^a   Lumbers, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Arterial oxygen; Blood pressure Fetus; Noradrenaline; Uteroplacental blood flow

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEART OUTPUT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032751763     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199912000-00009     Document Type: Article

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