Endogenous NO does not regulate baseline pulmonary pressure, but reduces acute pulmonary hypertension in dogs

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-277

  Sander, Mikael ^a   Welling, K L K ^a   Ravn, J B ^a   Boberg, B ^a   Amtorp, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biventricular bypass; Hypoxia; L arginine; L NAME; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOXIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; VASODILATATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOGS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 0037672093     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2003.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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