Effects of changing the availability of the substrate for nitric oxide synthase by L-arginine administration on coronary vasomotor tone in angina patients with angiographically narrowed and in patients with normal coronary arteries

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1110-1113

  Tousoulis, Dimitris ^a   Davies, Graham J ^b   Tentolouris, Costas ^b   Crake, Tom ^b   Katsimaglis, George ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b   Toutouzas, Pavlos ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARGININE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGLYCERIN; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; SUBSTANCE P; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031762098     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00563-3     Document Type: Article

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