Long-term treatment with eicosapentaenoic acid augments both nitric oxide-mediated and non-nitric oxide-mediated endothelium-dependent forearm vasodilatation in patients with coronary artery disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 633-640

  Tagawa, Hirofumi ^a   Shimokawa, Hiroaki ^a   Tagawa, Tatsuya ^a   Kuroiwa Matsumoto, Mari ^a   Hirooka, Yoshitaka ^a   Takeshita, Akira ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eicosapentaenoic acid; Endothelium; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SUBSTANCE P;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOREARM; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUBSTANCE P; VASODILATION;

EID: 0032915827     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199904000-00017     Document Type: Article

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