Hemodynamic changes in pseudopregnancy in chronically instrumented conscious rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 2 41-2, 1997, Pages

  Slangen, Brigitte F M ^a,b   Out, Iris C M ^a   Verkeste, Carla M ^a   Smits, Jos F M ^a   Peeters, Louis L H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cardiac output; early pregnancy; electromagnetic flow probe

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODILUTION; HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33750881381     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.2.h695     Document Type: Article

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