Regular aerobic exercise augments endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation in normotensive as well as hypertensive subjects: Role of endothelium-derived nitric oxide

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1194-1202

  Higashi, Yukihito ^a   Sasaki, Shota ^b   Kurisu, Satoshi ^b   Yoshimizu, Atsunori ^b   Sasaki, Nobuo ^b   Matsuura, Hideo ^b   Kajiyama, Goro ^b   Oshima, Tetsuya ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endothelium; Exercise; Hypertension; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033554460     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.11.1194     Document Type: Article

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