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Vasodilator Agents

Known as: Vasodilator Drugs, drugs vasodilators, Drugs, Vasodilator 
Any agent that causes widening of blood vessels as a result of smooth muscle relaxation.
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Functional significance of intimal thickening as detected by intravascular ultrasound early and late after cardiac transplantation.
BACKGROUND Detection of transplant coronary disease remains difficult. Both intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging and… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Mechanism of Action and Systemic and Regional Hemodynamics of the Potassium Channel Activator BRL34915 and Its Enantiomers
BRL3491S (BRL) is a vasodilator with a novel structure. Its mechanism of action, its effects on depolarization-induced and… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Regulation of rat heart cytosol 5'-nucleotidase by adenylate energy charge.
A 5'-nucleotidase (EC 3.1.3.5) was highly purified from the soluble fraction of rat heart. The preparation appeared homogeneous… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Endothelium-dependent vasodilator-and nitrovasodilator-induced relaxation may be mediated through cyclic GMP formation and cyclic GMP-dependent protein phosphorylation.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Calcium- and endothelial-mediated vascular smooth muscle relaxation in rabbit aorta.
The role of calcium in the relaxations evoked by methacholine and A23187 in intact rabbit aortic rings was investigated… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Effect of methyldopa, clonidine, and hydralazine on cardiac mass and haemodynamics in Wistar Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Prolonged treatment of spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats with either methyldopa or clonidine significantly and similarly… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Comparison of Intravenous Nitroglycerin and Sodium Nitroprusside for Treatment of Acute Hypertension Developing after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that i.v. nitroglycerin is as effective as sodium nitroprusside for… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Inhibition of Human Platelet Functions by Verapamil
Summary The effects of verapamil, a coronary vasodilator, on platelet functions were studied. Platelet aggregation induced by ADP… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Hydralazine
SummaryHydralazine is widely used as a peripheral vasodilator antihypertensive drug. During recent years, knowledge has… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Chronic vasodilator therapy in the management of cardiogenic shock and intractable left ventricular failure.
Abstract A patient with cardiogenic shock and intractable left ventricular failure due to coronary artery disease was treated… 
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