Endothelium-dependent and -independent vasoreactivity of rat basilar artery in chronic heart failure

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 515-522

  Widder, Julian ^a,b   Bauersachs, Johann ^a,b   Fraccarollo, Daniela ^a,b   Ertl, Georg ^a,b   Schilling, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Cerebrovascular reactivity; Chronic heart failure; Endothelin; Endothelium dependent relaxation; Mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BOSENTAN; CALCIMYCIN; DARUSENTAN; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FAILURE; ISOLATED ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STROKE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BASILAR ARTERY; CALCIMYCIN; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NITROPRUSSIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034071714     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200004000-00001     Document Type: Article

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