L-canavanine, an inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase, improves venous return in endotoxemic rats

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 469-475

  Fishman, Daniel ^a   Liaudet, Lucas ^a   Lazor, Romain ^a   Perret, Claude H ^a   Feihl, François ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

animal model; cardiac output; endotoxin; nitric oxide synthase inhibition; venous return

Indexed keywords

CANAVANINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTOXEMIA; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENOUS RETURN;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANAVANINE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ENDOTOXEMIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030903313     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199703000-00016     Document Type: Article

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