Sex differences in the biomechanics and contractility of intramural coronary arteries in angiotensin ii-induced hypertension

Gender Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 548-556

  Mátrai, Máté ^a   Hetthéssy, Judit ^a   Nádasy, György L ^a   Monos, Emil ^a   Székács, Béla ^a   Várbíró, Szabolcs ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

coronary arteries; estrogen; gender difference; hypertension; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; BRADYKININ; THROMBOXANE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; HEART VOLUME; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WALL STRESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BRADYKININ; CORONARY VESSELS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84870496243     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: 18787398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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