Progression of severe atherosclerosis and increased arterial pulse pressure in the newly developed heritable mixed hyperlipidaemic rabbits

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-226

  Shimoda, Tomoko ^a   Ishihata, Akira ^a   Aita, Tomomi ^a   Kaga, Mikako ^a   Ito, Tsunekata ^a   Ohwada, Kazuo ^a   Tomoike, Hitonobu ^b   Katano, Yumi ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial blood pressure; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Combined hyperlipidaemia; Hypertriglyceridaemia; Nitric oxide; Pulse pressure; Rabbit; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; KETAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HISTOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULSE PRESSURE; RABBIT; RIGIDITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE V; HYPERTENSION; LIPIDS; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RABBITS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33645074146     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2006.04349.x     Document Type: Article

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