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Dilate procedure

Known as: Dilatations, Dilatation, widening action 
To widen or enlarge an opening or hollow structure beyond its usual size, such as the pupil of the eye or a blood vessel.
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BOUGIE, ESOPHAGEAL, AND GASTROINTESTINAL, GASTRO-UROLOGYBOUGIE, UROLOGICALDIALATOR, NASALDILATOR, URETHRAL
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Instrumentation/catheterization/intubation/dilation, GENERAL/UNSPECIFIED

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Review
2000
Review
2000
Left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction: pathophysiology and therapy.
Left ventricular remodeling is the process by which ventricular size, shape, and function are regulated by mechanical… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Physiological roles and properties of potassium channels in arterial smooth muscle.
This review examines the properties and roles of the four types of K+ channels that have been identified in the cell membrane of… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Nitric oxide is responsible for flow-dependent dilatation of human peripheral conduit arteries in vivo.
BACKGROUND Experimental evidence suggests that flow-dependent dilatation of conduit arteries is mediated by nitric oxide (NO) and… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Non-invasive detection of endothelial dysfunction in children and adults at risk of atherosclerosis
Review
1990
Review
1990
Extensions of the Procrustes Method for the Optimal Superimposition of Landmarks
Superimposition methods for comparing configurations of landmarks in two or more specimens are reviewed. These methods show… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
COSMOLOGY AND THE FATE OF DILATATION SYMMETRY
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Paradoxical vasoconstriction induced by acetylcholine in atherosclerotic coronary arteries.
Acetylcholine is believed to dilate normal blood vessels by promoting the release of a vasorelaxant substance from the… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Calcitonin gene-related peptide is a potent vasodilator
A novel peptide, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), has been predicted to result from alternative processing of the primary… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
DECOMPOSITION OF HARDY FUNCTIONS INTO SQUARE INTEGRABLE WAVELETS OF CONSTANT SHAPE
An arbitrary square integrable real-valued function (or, equivalently, the associated Hardy function) can be conveniently… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Nonoperative dilatation of coronary-artery stenosis: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
In percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, a catheter system is introduced through a systemic artery under local… 
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