Role of endothelium in control of forearm blood flow in patients with heart failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 2, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Takeshita, Akira ^a   Hirooka, Yoshitaka ^a   Imaizumi, Tsutomu ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endothelium; Forearm blood flow; Heart failure; Human; L arginine; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SUBSTANCE P; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG EFFECT; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGED; ARGININE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOREARM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; SUBSTANCE P; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0030338184     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-9164(96)80079-0     Document Type: Article

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