Magnesium infusion improves endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the human forearm

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 10-15

  Haenni, Arvo ^a,c   Johansson, Kristina ^b   Lind, Lars ^b   Lithell, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Forearm blood flow; Magnesium; Methacholine; Nitric oxide; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

ADDEX MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHACHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FOREARM; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0036152788     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(01)02225-7     Document Type: Article

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