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The study was designed to assess the influence of either nitric oxide (NO) or sodium nitroprusside and the absence of endothelium on the intrinsic elastic properties of coronary arteries from WKY rats. For this purpose, segments of the right interventricular coronary were mounted in an arteriograph where wall thickness and internal diameter were continuously monitored while intraluminal pressure...