Blunted vasodilatory responses in the cutaneous microcirculation of cigarette smokers

American Heart Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 269-274

  Pellaton, Cyril ^a   Kubli, Sandrine ^a   Feihl, François ^a   Waeber, Bernard ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; LASER FLOWMETER; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0036348526     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjh.2002.123842     Document Type: Article

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