Inhibition of endogenous nitric oxide synthase potentiates nitrovasodilators in experimental pulmonary hypertension

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 860-866

  Kavanagh, Brian P ^a   Thompson, John S ^a   Pearl, Ronald G ^b,c  

^a Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesia ^*  (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung: vascular; Nitric oxide: endogenous; Rabbit; Vasodilators

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RABBIT;

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE-5'-(N-ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); ALPROSTADIL; ANIMALS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGLYCERIN; NITROPRUSSIDE; PERFUSION; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RABBITS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0029992613     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199610000-00022     Document Type: Article

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