Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 489-496, August 2011

Ca2+−dependent contraction by the saponoside escin in rat vena cava: Implications in venotonic treatment of varicose veins

Presented at the Twenty-second Annual Meeting of the American Venous Forum, February 10-13, 2010, Amelia Island, Fla.

  • Joseph D. Raffetto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery Research Laboratory, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Veterans Administration Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, Mass
    • ,
  • Raouf A. Khalil, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery Research Laboratory, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Raouf A Khalil, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Vascular Surgery, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115

Received 3 September 2010; accepted 15 January 2011. published online 18 April 2011.

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 Supported by grants from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL-65998, HL-70659, and HL-98724) and The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD-60702).

 Competition of interest: none.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(11)00204-7

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2011.01.043

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 489-496, August 2011

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