Exhaled nitric oxide in high-altitude pulmonary edema: Role in the regulation of pulmonary vascular tone and evidence for a role against inflammation

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 221-224

  Duplain, Hervé ^a,b   Sartori, Claudio ^a,b   Lepori, Mattia ^a,b   Egli, Marc ^a,b   Allemann, Yves ^a,b   Nicod, Pascal ^a,b   Scherrer, Urs ^a,b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG LAVAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0033925686     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.1.9908039     Document Type: Article

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