Effect of sodium nitroprusside and L-arginine methyl ester on rat hearts stored at 4°C for 24 h

Clinical Science

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 557-564

  Fagbemi, Oluwole S ^a   Northoyer, Basil J ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypothermic preservation; L arginine; Rat heart; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGININE; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; BUFFER; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; DEXAMETHASONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART PERFUSION; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BODY WATER; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PERFUSION; PHOSPHOCREATINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0031739412     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0950557     Document Type: Article

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