New methods of evaluate endothelial function: Method for assessing endothelial function in humans using a strain-gauge plethysmography: Nitric oxide-dependent and -independent vasodilation

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-404

  Higashi, Yukihito ^a   Yoshizumi, Masao ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Forearm blood flow; Nitric oxide; Plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ARGININE; BRADYKININ; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; ESTROGEN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INDOMETACIN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; METHACHOLINE; MICONAZOLE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE AGONIST; NITRIC OXIDE ANTAGONIST; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PROSTAGLANDIN; SILASTIC; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VITAMIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EXERCISE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SODIUM RESTRICTION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOREARM; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VASODILATION;

EID: 1042292681     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.93.399     Document Type: Review

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