Nitric oxide production by coronary conductance and resistance vessels in hypercholesterolemia patients

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1051-1057

  Shiode, Nobuo ^a   Nakayama, Kensyo ^a   Morishima, Nobuyuki ^a   Yamagata, Togo ^a   Matsuura, Hideo ^a   Kajiyama, Goro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL;

EID: 0029970019     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90076-9     Document Type: Article

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