Smooth muscle relaxation and local hydraulic impedance properties of the aorta

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2427-2438

  Cholley, Bernard P ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a   Korcarz, Claudia E ^a   Shroff, Sanjeev G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blocker; Characteristic impedance; Compliance; Incremental elastic modulus; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DOG; ELASTICITY; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MANOMETER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RIGIDITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035015335     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.90.6.2427     Document Type: Article

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