The nitric oxide-endothelin-1 connection

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-115

  Alonso, David ^a   Radomski, Marek W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; Endothelin; Heart failure; Nitric oxide; Receptor antagonist; Vascular tone

Indexed keywords

3,3 BIS(2 AMINOETHYL) 1 HYDROXY 2 OXOTRIAZENE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BOSENTAN; CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); DIETHYLENETRIAMINE NONOATE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME; ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LINSIDOMINE; LIVER ENZYME; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRO DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC NITRATE; PLACEBO; SITAXSENTAN; TEZOSENTAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN A; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0037233460     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022155206928     Document Type: Review

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