Nitric oxide synthase expression by pulmonary arteries: A predictive marker of Fontan procedure outcome?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1083-1090

  Lévy, Marilyne ^a,b   Danel, Claire ^b   Laval, Anne Marie ^c   Leca, Francine ^a   Vouhé, Pascal R ^a   Israël Biet, Dominique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ENDOTHELIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 19244383546     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.193     Document Type: Article

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