Opposing responses of the rat pulmonary artery and vein to phenylephrine and other agents in vitro
Abstract Background Different from current cognition, our study demonstrated that adrenergic receptors agonist phenylephrine significantly relaxed isolated pulmonary artery but constricted pulmonary veins. Through comparing differences in the effects of commonly used vasoactive drugs on pulmonary ar...
Main Authors: | Li-mei Liao, Li Zhou, Chen-ran Wang, Jian-ying Hu, Yao-jun Lu, Shaoqiang Huang |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-06-01
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Series: | BMC Pulmonary Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01558-8 |
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