L-NAME does not affect exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in thoroughbred horses

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1902-1908

  Manohar, Murli ^a   Goetz, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac catheterization; Exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage; Exercise induced pulmonary hypertension; N( ) nitro Larginine methyl ester; Nitric oxide synthase inhibition; Pulmonary hemodynamics; Right heart pressures

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HORSE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0031804498     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.6.1902     Document Type: Article

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