Impairment of endothelium-dependent pulmonary-artery relaxation in chronic obstructive lung disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 324, Issue 22, 1991, Pages 1539-1547

  Dinh Xuan, A Tuan ^a   Higenbottam, Timothy W ^a   Clelland, Colin A ^a   Pepke Zaba, Joanna ^a   Cremona, George ^a   Butt, A Yazdani ^a   Large, Stephen R ^a   Wells, Francis C ^a   Wallwork, John ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGININE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VASODILATION;

EID: 0025829458     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199105303242203     Document Type: Article

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