A COMPARISON OF CONTRACTILE FUNCTION IN LARGE AND SMALL PULMONARY ARTERIAL VESSELS OF THE RAT
The contractile function of rat pulmonary arterial vessels, ranging in internal diameter from 100 to 2000 µm, was studied in vitro using a small vessel myograph. It was found that vessels with a diameter of 200-400 µm produced considerably more force for a given intervention than those either smal...
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Published in | Experimental physiology Vol. 74; no. 6; pp. 947 - 950 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
The Physiological Society
12.11.1989
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Summary: | The contractile function of rat pulmonary arterial vessels, ranging in internal diameter from 100 to 2000 µm, was studied
in vitro using a small vessel myograph. It was found that vessels with a diameter of 200-400 µm produced considerably more force for
a given intervention than those either smaller (ã100-2000 µm) or larger (400-2000 µm). It is suggested that these vessels
may play an important role in the generation of pulmonary vascular resistance. |
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ISSN: | 0958-0670 0144-8757 1469-445X |
DOI: | 10.1113/expphysiol.1989.sp003366 |