Docosahexaenoic acid causes rapid pulmonary arterial relaxation via KCa channel-mediated hyperpolarisation in pulmonary hypertension

Nagaraj Chandran, Tang Bi, Nagy Bence M., Papp Rita, Jain Pritesh P., Marsh Leigh M., Meredith Andrea L., Ghanim Bahil, Klepetko Walter, Kwapiszewska Grazyna, Weir E. Kenneth, Olschewski Horst, Olschewski Andrea

Source: Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1127-1136
Journal Issue: October
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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