Variations of segmental endothelium-dependent and endothelium- independent vasomotor tone after cardiac transplantation (qualitative changes in endothelial function)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 134, Issue 2 I, 1997, Pages 306-315

  Weis, M ^a   Peter Wolf, W ^a   Mazzilli, N ^a   Olbrich, H G ^a   Schacherer, C ^a   Wiemer, J ^a   Burger, W ^a   Hartmann, A ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLOSPORIN A; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; IOPROMIDE; LINSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; PREDNISONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0030922859     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(97)70139-X     Document Type: Article

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