Tetrahydrobiopterin improves impaired endothelium-dependent forearm vasodilation in patients with heart failure

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 363-368

  Setoguchi, Soko ^a   Hirooka, Yoshitaka ^a   Eshima, Kenichi ^a   Shimokawa, Hiroaki ^a   Takeshita, Akira ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Forearm blood flow; Heart failure; Nitric oxide; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGED; BIOPTERIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0036183645     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200203000-00007     Document Type: Article

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