Potent and long-lasting vasodilatory effects of adrenomedullin in humans: Comparisons between normal subjects and patients with chronic heart failure

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1214-1221

  Nakamura, Motoyuki ^a   Yoshida, Hiroaki ^a   Makita, Shinji ^a   Arakawa, Naoshi ^a   Niinuma, Hiroyuki ^a   Hiramori, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

adrenomedullin; endothelium; endothelium derived factors; heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031026650     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.5.1214     Document Type: Article

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