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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
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Pharmaceuticals in groundwaters analytical methods and results of a monitoring program in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Pathophysiology of hypertension during preeclampsia linking placental ischemia with endothelial dysfunction.
Studies over the past decade have provided a better understanding of the potential mechanisms responsible for the pathogenesis of… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Cyclic GMP-dependent Protein Kinase Signaling Pathway Inhibits RhoA-induced Ca2+ Sensitization of Contraction in Vascular Smooth Muscle*
The potent vasodilator action of cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase (cGK) involves decreasing the Ca2+ sensitivity of… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Reduction in serum cholesterol with pravastatin improves endothelium-dependent coronary vasomotion in patients with hypercholesterolemia.
BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine if cholesterol-lowering therapy improves endothelium-dependent coronary vasomotion in… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Pathological implications of nitric oxide, superoxide and peroxynitrite formation.
Introduction Approximately 6 years ago, nitric oxide was identified as the endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF), the… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
cGMP-dependent protein kinase activates Ca-activated K channels in cerebral artery smooth muscle cells.
Guanosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP)-dependent protein kinase (cGMP-PK) plays a central role in the mediation of the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Hyperpolarizing vasodilators activate ATP-sensitive K+ channels in arterial smooth muscle.
Vasodilators are used clinically for the treatment of hypertension and heart failure. The effects of some vasodilators seem to be… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Characterization of rat and human liver microsomal cytochrome P-450 forms involved in nifedipine oxidation, a prototype for genetic polymorphism in oxidative drug metabolism.
The metabolism of the dihydropyridine calcium antagonist and vasodilator nifedipine has been reported to exhibit polymorphism… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Types of nerves in the enteric nervous system
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Coronary arterial spasm in Prinzmetal angina. Documentation by coronary arteriography.
Abstract A woman with Prinzmetal angina displayed spontaneous attacks of myocardial ischemia characterized by severe chest pain… 
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