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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
Endothelium-dependent regulation of the ophthalmic microcirculation in the perfused porcine eye: role of nitric oxide and endothelins.
PURPOSE The endothelium produces nitric oxide and endothelin (ET). This study was designed to investigate the endothelium… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Alterations of phasic coronary artery flow velocity in humans during percutaneous coronary angioplasty.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate‐Enhanced Sequestration of Ca2+ by Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Vascular Smooth Muscle
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the intracellular messenger cyclic GMP (cGMP) on sequestration of… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Co-localization of neuropeptide Y, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and dynorphin in non-noradrenergic axons of the guinea pig uterine artery
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
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Vasoconstriction with thromboxane A2 induces ulceration of the gastric mucosa
Thromboxane A2 (TXA2) is formed from the fatty acid precursor, arachidonic acid (AA), by the sequential actions of the enzymes… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Efficacy of Ambulatory Systemic Vasodilator Therapy with Oral Prazosin in Chronic Refractory Heart Failure: Concomitant Relief of Pulmonary Congestion and Elevation of Pump Output Demonstrated by…
The long-term efficacy of the new oral vasodilator, prazosin (PZ), was evaluated in nine patients with refractory heart failure… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Urinary Kallikrein Excretion in Normal Man: Relationships to Sodium Intake and Sodium‐Retaining Steroids
The urinary excretion of kallikrein, a renal enzyme that cleaves the potent vasodilator kinin, kallidin, from kininogen, was… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Inhibition of Coronary Vasodilating Action of Dipyridamole and Adenosine by Aminophylline in the Dog
Experiments were performed to determine (1) whether intravenously administered aminophylline inhibits the coronary vasodilating… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Recurrent cerebrovascular episodes.
In 1951, the advocacy of treatment for recent vascular accidents by vasodilators or by stellate block in some clinics led us to… 
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