Protective effect of reduced glutathione on endothelial function of coronary arteries subjected to prolonged cold storage

Transplantation

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 660-663

  Kevelaitis, Egidijus ^a   Nyborg, Niels C B ^b   Menasché, Philippe ^c  

^a Medical Academy   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CRYOPRESERVATION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HEART GRAFT; HEART PRESERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; COLD; CORONARY VESSELS; DISACCHARIDES; ELECTROLYTES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLUTAMATES; GLUTATHIONE; HISTIDINE; MANNITOL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; RATS;

EID: 0030884005     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199708270-00022     Document Type: Article

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