Vasorelaxant properties of isolated human radial arteries: Comparison with internal mammary arteries

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 345-353

  Hamilton, C A ^a   O'Dowd, G ^a   McIntosh, L ^a   Berg, G ^a   Butler, J ^a   Pathi, V ^a   Williams, R ^a   Reid, J L ^a   Dominiczak, A F ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium channel antagonists; KATP potassium channel openers; Radial arteries; Spasm

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; AMLODIPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DRUG VEHICLE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; LEMAKALIM; NICORANDIL; NIFEDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG USE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROMAKALIM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; NICORANDIL; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RADIAL ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0036183084     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(01)00605-0     Document Type: Article

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