Pharmacologic manipulation of the porcine ureter: Acute impact of topical drugs on ureteral diameter and peristaltic activity

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 943-948

  Ames, Caroline D ^a   Weld, Kyle J ^a   Dryer, Stephen T ^a   Hruby, Greg ^a   Minor, Scott D ^a   Yan, Yan ^a   Figenshau, Robert S ^a   Bhayani, Sam ^a   Landman, Jaime ^b   Venkatesh, Ramakrishna ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c Campus Box 8242 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MEGLUMINE IOTALAMATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SWINE; URETER; URETER DILATATION;

ANIMALS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERISTALSIS; SUS SCROFA; THEOPHYLLINE; URETER; URETEROSCOPY; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 33845446696     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.20.943     Document Type: Article

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