Why the study?
What are the electrical and mechanical responses of dog coronary artery smooth muscle to catecholamines?
Population
Isolated ring muscle strips of the coronary artery of the dog
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Electromechanical dissociation in small coronary arteries may inform vasomotor mechanisms; leaves open translation to human coronary physiology.
What are the electrical and mechanical responses of dog coronary artery smooth muscle to catecholamines?
Catecholamine-induced relaxation in small coronary arteries occurs without changes in membrane potential, demonstrating a dissociation between mechanical and electrical responses in smooth muscle.
Mekata et al. (1969) studied this question.
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