Expression of endomyocardial nitric oxide synthase and coronary endothelial function in human cardiac allografts

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages

  Wildhirt, S M ^a   Weis, M ^a   Schulze, C ^a   Conrad, N ^a   Pehlivanli, S ^a   Rieder, G ^a   Enders, G ^a   Von Scheidt, W ^a   Reichart, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Microcirculation; Nitric oxide synthase; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE;

ADULT; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035909007     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc37t1.094598     Document Type: Article

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