Assessment of endothelial function of large, medium, and small vessels: A unified myograph

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lu, Xiao ^a   Kassab, Ghassan S ^a,b  

^a Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isovolumic myograph; Pressure myograph; Wire myograph

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAROTID ARTERY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMORAL ARTERY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MOUSE; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WALL STRESS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMORAL ARTERY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MYOGRAPHY; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 78651324465     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00708.2010     Document Type: Article

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