Vitamin C improves endothelial function of conduit arteries in patients with chronic heart failure

Circulation

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-368

  Hornig, Burkhard ^a   Arakawa, Naoshi ^a   Kohler, Christoph ^a   Drexler, Helmut ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Endothelium; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032477685     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.97.4.363     Document Type: Article

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