Endothelium-dependent vasodilator response is augmented in peripheral resistance vessels of patients with vasospastic angina

Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-92

  Nakamura, Motoyuki ^a   Yoshida, Hiroaki ^a   Arakawa, Naoshi ^a   Hiramori, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetycholine; Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0033501592     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006953     Document Type: Article

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