Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cell Dysfunction in Human Atherosclerotic Radial Artery: Implications for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 222-226

  Stähli, Barbara E ^b   Caduff, Rosmarie F ^a   Greutert, Helen ^a   Kipfer, Beat ^b   Carrel, Thierry P ^b   Tanner, Felix C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contraction; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Neointima formation; Relaxation; Vascular tone

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; THROMBOGENESIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 1642540971     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200402000-00009     Document Type: Article

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