Cigarette smoke impairs endothelium-dependent relaxation in rabbit superficial femoral veins

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-80

  Freischlag, Julie A ^a   Johnson, Dawn ^a   Farooq, Michael M ^a   Doty, Jonathan ^a   Cambria, Robert A ^a   Seabrook, Gary R ^a   Towne, Jonathan B ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoke; Endothelium; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEIN DILATATION; VEIN TONE;

EID: 0032853447     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1998.5440     Document Type: Article

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