Nitric oxide regulates local arterial distensibility in vivo

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-217

  Wilkinson, Ian B ^a   Qasem, Ahmed ^a   McEniery, Carmel M ^a   Webb, David J ^a   Avolio, Albert P ^a   Cockcroft, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteries; Blood pressure; Elasticity; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXTREMITIES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; ILIAC ARTERY; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGLYCERIN; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; SHEEP;

EID: 0037080724     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc0202.101970     Document Type: Article

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