Relation of preservation of nitric oxide-dependent coronary vasomotor function to plasma vitamin C concentrations in cardiac transplant recipients

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 460-462

  Fang, James C ^a   Kinlay, Scott ^a   Hikita, Hiroyuki ^a   Suh, Jung H ^b   Piana, Robert N ^a   Selwyn, Andrew P ^a   Frei, Balz ^b   Morrow, Jason D ^c   Ganz, Peter ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ASCORBIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOPROSTANE; MIOCHOL E; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGLYCERIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0034663659     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00967-X     Document Type: Article

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