Vasomotility and nitric oxide bioactivity of the bridging segments of the left anterior descending coronary artery

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 341-343

  Shiode, Nobuo ^a   Kato, Masaya ^a   Teragawa, Hiroki ^a   Yamada, Tadakatsu ^a   Hirao, Hidekazu ^a   Nomura, Katsuhiko ^a   Sasaki, Nobuo ^a   Yamagata, Togo ^a   Matsuura, Hideo ^a   Kajiyama, Goro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGLYCERIN; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 18544412380     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00912-0     Document Type: Article

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