Effects of chronic pulmonary overcirculation on pulmonary vasomotor tone

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 522-527

  Parviz, Maryam ^a   Bousamra II, Michael ^a   Chammas, Joseph H ^a   Birks, Eric K ^a   Presberg, Kenneth W ^a   Jacobs, Elizabeth R ^a   Nelin, Leif D ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOXIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0032929882     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)01141-2     Document Type: Article

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