Oral clopidogrel improves cutaneous microvascular function through EDHF-dependent mechanisms in middle-aged humans

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Dahmus, Jessica D ^a   Bruning, Rebecca S ^a   Larry Kenney, W ^a   Alexander, Lacy M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Local heating; Plavix; Reactive hyperemia; Skin blood flow

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CUTANEOUS VASCULAR CONDUCTANCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATATION;

ASPIRIN; PLAVIX, LOCAL HEATING; REACTIVE HYPEREMIA; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPIRIN; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PENNSYLVANIA; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TICLOPIDINE; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84881640829     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00366.2012     Document Type: Article

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