Beneficial effects of amlodipine in a murine model of congestive heart failure induced by viral myocarditis: A possible mechanism through inhibition of nitric oxide production

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 245-251

  Wang, Wei Zhong ^a   Matsumori, Akira ^a   Yamada, Takehiko ^a   Shioi, Tetsuo ^a   Okada, Ikutaro ^a   Matsui, Shigeo ^a   Sato, Yukihito ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Shiota, Kohei ^a   Sasayama, Shigetake ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

endothelium derived factors; heart failure; myocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; DILTIAZEM; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SURVIVAL; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 0001237059     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.1.245     Document Type: Article

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