Effects of intravenous nicorandil on coronary circulation in humans: Plasma concentration and action mechanism

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 919-925

  Nakae, Ichiro ^a   Matsumoto, Tetsuya ^a   Horie, Hajime ^a   Yokohama, Hiroshi ^a   Omura, Tomoko ^a   Minai, Kazuo ^a   Matsui, Toshiki ^a   Nozawa, Masato ^a   Takahashi, Masayuki ^a   Sugimoto, Yoshihisa ^a   Ito, Makoto ^a   Izumi, Masafumi ^b   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ^a   Mitsunami, Kenichi ^b   Kinoshita, Masahiko ^a,b  

^a First Dept of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATP sensitive K+ (K(ATP)) channel; Coronary circulation; Nicorandil; Nitroglycerin

Indexed keywords

ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NICORANDIL; NITRATE; PAPAVERINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PRELOAD; HUMAN; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICORANDIL; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 12944255781     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200006000-00014     Document Type: Article

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