Coronary vasoconstrictor responses are attenuated in young women as compared with age-matched men

Recent work in humans suggests coronary vasoconstriction occurs with static handgrip with a time course that suggests a sympathetic constrictor mechanism. These findings are consistent with animal studies that suggest this effect helps maintain transmural myocardial perfusion. It is known that oestr...

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Main Authors: Momen, Afsana, Gao, Zhaohui, Cohen, Abigail, Khan, Tamreen, Leuenberger, Urs A, Sinoway, Lawrence I
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Blackwell Science Inc 2010
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Cardiovascular
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000588/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20807793
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2010.192492
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