Pressure dependency of aortic pulse wave velocity in vivo is not affected by vasoactive substances that alter aortic wall tension ex vivo

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 10, 2015, Pages H1221-H1228

  Butlin, Mark ^a   Lindesay, George ^a   Viegas, Kayla D ^a   Avolio, Alberto P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aorta; Arterial blood pressure; Myography; Pulse wave velocity; Vasoactive

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA FLOW; AORTA PRESSURE; AORTA WALL; AORTIC WALL TENSION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DRUG CONCENTRATION; EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; EX VIVO STUDY; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE AND TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR RING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENOUS RETURN; ANIMAL; AORTA; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MALE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84930846929     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00536.2014     Document Type: Article

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