Articles in PresS. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (January 9, 2003). 10.1152/ajpheart.00819.2002 Yada et al Final Accepted Version, #H-00819-2002.R2
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In Vivo Visualization of Subendocardial Arteriolar Response in Renovascular Hypertensive Hearts
Running head: Hypertension and Subendocardial Arteriole Toyotaka Yada, MD*; Masami Goto, MD*; Osamu Hiramatsu, PhD *; Hiroyuki Tachibana, CE*; Eiji Toyota, MD*; Hiroshi Nakamoto, MD*; Yasuo Ogasawara, PhD*; Hiroto Matsuda, MD**; Koki Arakawa, MD**; Koichi Hayashi, MD**; Hiromichi Suzuki, MD#; Fumihiko Kajiya, MD, PhD* ## *Department of Medical Engineering and Systems Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan; **Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; #Department of Nephrology, Saitama Medical College, Saitama, Japan; ##Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan Address for correspondence: Toyotaka Yada, MD, Ph.D., Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701-0192, Japan Phone: +81-86-462-1111, Ext. 3750, Facsimile: +81-86-463-2975, e-mail:
[email protected] Address for reprint request: Fumihiko Kajiya, Professor, MD, Ph.D., Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan Keywords: Subendocardial Arteriole, Renovascular Hypertension, Endotheliumdependent and -independent Vasodilators and Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitor
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Yada et al Final Accepted Version, #H-00819-2002.R2
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Abstract Time-sequential responses to endothelium-dependent and –independent vasodilators and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors were studied in the subendocardial arterioles (ENDO) of canine renovascular hypertension compared with subepicardial arterioles (EPI, both