Endothelial dysfunction of coronary resistance arteries is improved by tetrahydrobiopterin in atherosclerosis

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 2172-2179

  Tiefenbacher, Christiane P ^a   Bleeke, Tina ^a   Vahl, Christian ^a   Amann, Kerstin ^a   Vogt, Achim ^a   Kübler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Nitric oxide; Tetrahydrobiopterin; Vessels

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; HISTAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SEPIAPTERIN; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034739459     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.18.2172     Document Type: Article

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