Nitric oxide modulation of pulmonary vascular resistance is red blood cell dependent in isolated rat lungs

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1212-1217

  Uncles, David R ^a   Daugherty, Mark O ^a   Frank, Deborah U ^a   Roos, C M ^a   Rich, George F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPOXIA; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029905063     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199612000-00014     Document Type: Article

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