Decreased Plasma Concentration of Nitric Oxide Metabolites in Dogs with Untreated Mitral Regurgitation

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-184

  Pedersen, Henrik D ^a   Schütt, Trine ^a   Søndergaard, Rikke ^a   Qvortrup, Karen ^a   Olsen, Lisbeth H ^a   Kristensen, Annemarie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Heart failure; Mitral valve prolapse; Nitric oxide; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; METABOLISM;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES;

EID: 0037980429     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)017<0178:DPCONO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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