Testing Endothelial Vasomotor Function: Nitric Oxide, a Multipotent Molecule

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2049-2053

  Ganz, Peter ^a   Vita, Joseph A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NITRIC OXIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0242286648     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000089507.19675.F9     Document Type: Short Survey

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