The effect of chronic nitric oxide inhibition on vascular reactivity and blood pressure in pregnant rats

The effect of chronic nitric oxide inhibition on vascular reactivity and blood pressure in pregnant rats

CONTEXT: The exact mechanism involved in changes in blood pressure and peripheral vascular resistance during pregnancy is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the importance of endothelium-derivated relaxing factor (EDRF) and its main component, nitric oxide, in blood pressure and vascular reactivity in p...

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Main Authors: Nilton Hideto Takiuti, Maria Helena Cetelli Carvalho, Soubhi Kahhale, Dorothy Nigro, Hermes Vieira Barbeiro, Marcelo Zugaib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina 1999-09-01
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
Subjects:
Vascular reactivity
Pregnancy
Rats
L-NAME
Nitric oxide
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