Comparison of the vasorelaxant effect of nitroprusside and nitroglycerin in the human radial artery in vitro

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-104

  He, Guo Wei ^a   Yang, Cheng Qin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary surgery; Cross tolerance; Nitroglycerin; Radial artery; Sodium nitroprusside; Tolerance; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; CORONARY VASODILATING AGENT; ENDOTHELIN 1; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PERIPHERAL VASODILATING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENDOTHELIN-1; HUMANS; NITROGLYCERIN; NITROPRUSSIDE; POTASSIUM; RADIAL ARTERY; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0033019745     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1999.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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