Complex stenosis morphology and vasomotor responses to inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis

Heart

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 529-534

  Tousoulis, D ^a   Tentolouris, C ^a   Crake, T ^b   Goumas, G ^a   Stefanadis, C ^a   Toutouzas, P ^a   Davies, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Stenosis morphology

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SYNTHESIS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0033769497     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.84.5.529     Document Type: Article

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