Differential effects of nitric oxide synthase modulation on porcine systemic and pulmonary circulation in vivo

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 280-285

  Dahm, Peter ^a,c   Thörne, Johan ^a   Zoucas, Evita ^a   Martensson, Lena ^b   Myhre, Erling ^a   Blomquist, Sten ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Research Department   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; eicosanoids; endotoxemia; indomethacin; L arginine; N(G) monomethyl L arginine (L NMMA); nitric oxide; pulmonary circulation; septicemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ICOSANOID; INDOMETACIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENZYME INACTIVATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CIRCULATION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; SWINE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INDOMETHACIN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; SWINE;

EID: 0031026806     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199702000-00015     Document Type: Article

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