Post-occlusion brachial artery vasodilatation after ischaemic handgrip exercise is nitric oxide mediated

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-23

  Agewall, Stefan ^a   Hulthe, Johannes ^c   Fagerberg, Björn ^b   Gottfridsson, Bengt ^b   Wikstrand, John ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Atherosclerosis; Endothelium dysfunction; L NMMA ultrasound

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; EXERCISE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; MEDIATOR; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0036252488     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-097x.2002.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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