Chronic hypoxia alters vasoconstrictive responses of femoral artery in the fetal sheep

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Yoon, Ha Kim ^a   Veille, Jean Claude ^b   Moon, Kyoung Cho ^a   Myoung, Seon Kang ^a   Cheol, Hong Kim ^a   Song, Tae Bok ^a   Figueroa, Jorge P ^c  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Blood Vessels; Femoral artery; Phenylephrine

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

AIR; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CATHETER; CHRONICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOXIA; INFUSION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RENAL ARTERY; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 14844328649     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2005.20.1.13     Document Type: Article

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