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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
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The thiazolidinedione rosiglitazone (BRL-49653) lowers blood pressure and protects against impairment of endothelial function in Zucker fatty rats.
Human obesity is associated with insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and a predisposition to hypertension and vascular disease… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Effects of S-nitroso-glutathione in the human forearm circulation: evidence for selective inhibition of platelet activation.
OBJECTIVE Nitric oxide (NO) is a vasodilator and inhibitor of platelet function. The clinical use of NO donors as inhibitors of… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Alterations of phasic coronary artery flow velocity in humans during percutaneous coronary angioplasty.
Review
1992
Review
1992
Role of the endothelium-dependent relaxing factor nitric oxide on renal function.
The role of nitric oxide in renal function has been assessed with pharmacologic and physiologic interventions. Pharmacologically… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Loss of Selective Endothelial Cell Vasoactive Functions Caused by Hypercholesterolemia in Pig Coronary Arteries
The influence of hypercholesterolemia on the reactivity of coronary arteries was investigated after feeding a high-cholesterol… 
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
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Endothelium-dependent modulation of cGMP levels and intrinsic smooth muscle tone in isolated bovine intrapulmonary artery and vein.
The role of the endothelium in modulating cyclic nucleotide levels and intrinsic smooth muscle tone was studied in isolated rings… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Platelet-dependent stimulation of prostacyclin synthesis by platelet-derived growth factor
Prostacyclin (PGI2), an unstable metabolite of arachidonic acid synthesized by vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells, is a… 
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… 
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