L-arginine attenuates endothelial dysfunction and prolongs survival in rats subjected to traumatic shock

Endothelium: Journal of Endothelial Cell Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-79

  Hayward, Reid ^a   Lefer, Allan M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mean arterial blood pressure; Myeloperoxidase activity; Nitric oxide; Superior mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; PENTOBARBITAL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SURVIVAL TIME; TRAUMATIC SHOCK;

EID: 0031783153     PISSN: 10623329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10623329809053406     Document Type: Article

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