Restoration of endothelium-dependent vasodilation after reperfusion injury by tetrahydrobiopterin

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1423-1429

  Tiefenbacher, Christiane P ^a   Chilian, William M ^a   Mitchell, Michael ^a   DeFily, David V ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

arteries; endothelium derived factors; ischemia

Indexed keywords

6 METHYLTETRAHYDROPTERIN; CALCIMYCIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SEPIAPTERIN; SUBSTANCE P; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; SWINE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029833673     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.6.1423     Document Type: Article

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