Impaired endothelium-mediated vasodilation is not the principal cause of vasoconstriction in heart failure

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 1 47-1, 2000, Pages

  Negrao, Carlos E ^b   Hamilton, Michele A ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^a   Hage, Antoine ^a   Moriguchi, Jaime D ^a   Middlekauff, Holly R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mental stress; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL STRESS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033969487     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.278.1.h168     Document Type: Article

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