Repeated pregnancies (multiparity) increases venous tone and reduces compliance

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 1 58-1, 2005, Pages

  Dhawan, Vivek ^a   Brookes, Zoe L S ^a,b   Kaufman, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac preload; Mean circulatory filling pressure

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; MESENTERIC VEIN; MULTIPARA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN TONE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MESENTERIC VEINS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 21044456212     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00034.2005     Document Type: Article

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