The role of endogenous nitric oxide in the response of coronary blood flow to tachycardia

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-154

  Heras, Magda ^a,b   Roig, Eulàlia ^a   Pérez Villa, Félix ^a   Paz, Marco ^a   Melis, Gaspar ^a   Rigol, Montserrat ^a   Epelde, Francesc ^a   De Candia, Gianfranco ^a   Sanz, Ginés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

coronary blood flow; coronary microvasculature; endothelium; L arginine; N( ) nitro L arginine methyl ester; tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HYPEREMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030036245     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199602000-00009     Document Type: Article

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