Intraindividual comparison of human radial and internal thoracic arteries in vitro and the effect of preoperative calcium blocker therapy

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-74

  Grapow, Martin T R ^a   Reineke, David C ^a   Kern, Thomas ^a   Antona, Carlo ^b   Gelpi, Guido ^b   Santoli, Eduardo ^b   Zerkowski, Hans Reinhard ^a   Carrel, Thierry P ^a,c   Müller Schweinitzer, Else ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c University Hospital of Psychiatry   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafts; Human internal thoracic artery; Human radial artery; Intraindividual comparison; Preoperative calcium blocker therapy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; ENDOTHELIN 1; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA CYCLE; VASOSPASM;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHENTOLAMINE; PIPERIDINES; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL ARTERY; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN A; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 33846192763     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2006.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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