Nitroglycerin and delayed preconditioning in humans: Yet another new mechanism for an old drug?

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 2876-2878

  Heusch, Gerd ^a,b  

^a School of Medicine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Editorials; Heart diseases; Ischemia; Pharmacology; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0035912939     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.24.2876     Document Type: Editorial

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