Effects of mitral and/or aortic valve replacement or repair on endothelium-dependent peripheral vasorelaxation and its relation to improvement in exercise capacity

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 98-102

  Nakamura, Motoyuki ^a   Chiba, Makoto ^a   Ueshima, Kenji ^a   Arakawa, Naoshi ^a   Yoshida, Hiroaki ^a   Makita, Shinji ^a   Kawazoe, Kouhei ^a   Hiramori, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030034278     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89146-1     Document Type: Article

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