| Literature DB >> 6349669 |
J J Hoffmann, T Thien, A van T'Laar.
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The effects of endralazine, administered intravenously, on blood pressure, heart rate, forearm blood flow, plasma renin activity, aldosterone, adrenaline and noradrenaline were studied in five patients with essential hypertension. Endralazine reduced peripheral vascular resistance, resulting in decrease in mean arterial pressure from 141 to 116 mm Hg and increase in heart rate from 67 to 92 beats/min. Plasma renin activity, adrenaline and noradrenaline increased significantly after endralazine infusion. All effects observed are consistent with endralazine acting as a peripheral vasodilating drug.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6349669 PMCID: PMC1427955 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1983.tb02141.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Clin Pharmacol ISSN: 0306-5251 Impact factor: 4.335