Insignificant response of the fetal placental circulation to arterial hypotension in sheep

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1042-1047

  Faber, J J ^a   Anderson, D F ^a   Louey, S ^a   Thornburg, K L ^a,b   Giraud, G D ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Physiology and Pharmacology ^*  (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood gases; Enalaprilat; Growth; Plasma renin activity; Somatic blood flow; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRILAT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPOTENSION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENALAPRILAT; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPOTENSION; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 80054686621     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00345.2011     Document Type: Article

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