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Dilate procedure
Known as:
Dilatations
, Dilatation
, widening action
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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-UROLOGY
BOUGIE, UROLOGICAL
DIALATOR, NASAL
DILATOR, 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.
M. Sutton
,
N. Sharpe
Circulation
2000
Corpus ID: 636785
Left ventricular remodeling is the process by which ventricular size, shape, and function are regulated by mechanical…
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Review
1995
Review
1995
Physiological roles and properties of potassium channels in arterial smooth muscle.
M. Nelson
,
J. Quayle
The American journal of physiology
1995
Corpus ID: 10617248
This review examines the properties and roles of the four types of K+ channels that have been identified in the cell membrane of…
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Nitric oxide is responsible for flow-dependent dilatation of human peripheral conduit arteries in vivo.
R. Joannidés
,
W. Haefeli
,
+4 authors
T. Lüscher
Circulation
1995
Corpus ID: 22510129
BACKGROUND Experimental evidence suggests that flow-dependent dilatation of conduit arteries is mediated by nitric oxide (NO) and…
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Non-invasive detection of endothelial dysfunction in children and adults at risk of atherosclerosis
D. Celermajer
,
K. Sørensen
,
+5 authors
J. Deanfield
The Lancet
1992
Corpus ID: 12042839
Review
1990
Review
1990
Extensions of the Procrustes Method for the Optimal Superimposition of Landmarks
F. Rohlf
,
D. Slice
1990
Corpus ID: 34468337
Superimposition methods for comparing configurations of landmarks in two or more specimens are reviewed. These methods show…
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
COSMOLOGY AND THE FATE OF DILATATION SYMMETRY
C. Wetterich
1988
Corpus ID: 118970077
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Paradoxical vasoconstriction induced by acetylcholine in atherosclerotic coronary arteries.
P. Ludmer
,
A. Selwyn
,
+4 authors
P. Ganz
The New England journal of medicine
1986
Corpus ID: 24500563
Acetylcholine is believed to dilate normal blood vessels by promoting the release of a vasorelaxant substance from the…
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Calcitonin gene-related peptide is a potent vasodilator
S. Brain
,
T. Williams
,
J. Tippins
,
H. Morris
,
I. Macintyre
Nature
1985
Corpus ID: 4329128
A novel peptide, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), has been predicted to result from alternative processing of the primary…
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
DECOMPOSITION OF HARDY FUNCTIONS INTO SQUARE INTEGRABLE WAVELETS OF CONSTANT SHAPE
A. Grossmann
,
J. Morlet
1984
Corpus ID: 48492243
An arbitrary square integrable real-valued function (or, equivalently, the associated Hardy function) can be conveniently…
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Nonoperative dilatation of coronary-artery stenosis: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
A. Grüntzig
,
Å. Senning
,
W. Siegenthaler
The New England journal of medicine
1979
Corpus ID: 23966213
In percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, a catheter system is introduced through a systemic artery under local…
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