Effects of atorvastatin on warfarin-induced aortic medial calcification and systolic blood pressure in rats

Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology - Medical Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 535-538

  Liu, Chengyun ^a   Wan, Jingjing ^a   Yang, Qunfang ^b   Qi, Benling ^a   Peng, Wen ^a   Chen, Xuelin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Atorvastatin; Calcification aortic; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; WARFARIN;

ANIMAL; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCINOSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCINOSIS; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PYRROLES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WARFARIN;

EID: 58449109792     PISSN: 16720733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11596-008-0510-1     Document Type: Article

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