Gender differences in pulmonary arterial reactivity to dilatory agonists in pulmonary hypertension

Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 30-38

  Packer, C Subah ^a   Johnson, Tomalyn C ^a   Vijay, Palaniswamy ^a   Sharp, Thomas G ^a   Jha, Deepika ^a   Tighe, Shannon M ^a   Chukwu, Helen V N ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENOMEDULLIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ENDOTHELIN 1; MONOCROTALINE; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MONOCROTALINE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PEPTIDES; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0041885009     PISSN: 15237036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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