Adaptive changes of mesenteric arteries in pregnancy: A meta-analysis

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  van Drongelen, Joris ^a   Hooijmans, Carlijn R ^a   Lotgering, Frederik K ^a   Smits, Paul ^a   Spaanderman, Marc E A ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artery; Mesenteric; Meta analysis; Pregnancy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANGIOTENSIN II; BRADYKININ; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENDOTHELIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; ISOPRENALINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHACHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; SPERMINE DERIVATIVE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL STIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84866375486     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00617.2011     Document Type: Review

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