Cardiovascular function in mice during normal pregnancy and in the absence of endothelial NO synthase

Hypertension

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1175-1182

  Kulandavelu, Shathiyah ^a,b   Qu, Dawei ^a   Adamson, S Lee ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Blood flow velocity; Cardiac output; Echocardiography; Nitric oxide synthase; Pregnancy; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; C57BL MOUSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PREGNANCY; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 33744990622     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000218440.71846.db     Document Type: Article

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