Endothelial dysfunction: Clinical implications

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-324

  Drexler, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; KETANSERIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PRAVASTATIN; SEROTONIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; EXERCISE; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; SEPTIC SHOCK; SMOKING; SYNDROME X; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030892215     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-0620(97)80030-8     Document Type: Article

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