Endothelin-A receptor antagonism promotes decreased vasodilation but has no differential effect on coronary artery compliance in hypertensive patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Kyriakides, Zenon ^a   Kyrzopoulos, Stamatis ^b   Paraskevaidis, Ioannis ^b   Kolokathis, Fotis ^b   Tsopotos, Ioannis ^b   Lyras, Theodore ^a   Kremastinos, Dimitrios ^b  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artery compliance; Coronary vasomotion; Endothelin (ET); Endothelin A (ETA) antagonists; Systemic hypertension

Indexed keywords

CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLIANCE; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN A; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 11144342088     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.fjc.0000166209.19921.fc     Document Type: Conference Paper

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