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Nitrates: Mechanism of Vasodilation

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to review current knowledge about how blood vessels relax and to consider specfically how the nitrates work at the cellular level. What will be considered are some recent concepts on how vascular tone is regulated by the interaction of vascular smooth muscle with endothelium, nerves, and products of local metabolism.

Supported in part by USPHS grand # HL-30691 of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland and the Ostrow Fund for Cardiology Research

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  1. Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota, Box 508, Mayo Memorial Building, 420 Delaware Street S. E., Minneapolis, 55455, MN, USA

    Jay N. Cohn Prof., M. D.

  2. Product Development, Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, Postfach 31 01 20, D-6800, Mannheim 31, Federal Republic of Germany

    Reiner Rittinghausen M. D.

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Zelis, R. (1985). Nitrates: Mechanism of Vasodilation. In: Cohn, J.N., Rittinghausen, R. (eds) Mononitrates. International Boehringer Mannheim Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70234-1_3

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