Allopurinol and endothelial function in heart failure: Future or fantasy?

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-175

  Landmesser, Ulf ^a   Drexler, Helmut ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Editorials; Endothelium; Heart failure; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; NITRIC OXIDE;

CELL FUNCTION; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART FAILURE; MICROVASCULATURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLOPURINOL; CARDIOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VASODILATION; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 0037047080     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000024270.37833.F9     Document Type: Editorial

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