Dissociation of coronary artery contractile hyperreactivity from hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 570-576

  Su, Wen ^a   Guo, Zhenheng ^a   Deschepper, Christian F ^b   Randall, David C ^a   Gong, Ming C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ sensitization of contraction; Coronary artery hyperreactivity; Coronary heart disease; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; CALCIUM; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0038574579     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(03)00862-8     Document Type: Article

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