Coronary vasoconstrictor responses are attenuated in young women as compared with age-matched men

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4007-4016

  Momen, Afsana ^a   Gao, Zhaohui ^a   Cohen, Abigail ^a   Khan, Tamreen ^a   Leuenberger, Urs A ^a   Sinoway, Lawrence I ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEX FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 77958182826     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.192492     Document Type: Article

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