Benefit of glyceryl trinitrate on arterial stiffness is directly due to effects on peripheral arteries

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1428-1432

  Pauca, A L ^b   Kon, N D ^b   O'Rourke, Michael F ^a,c  

^a ST VINCENT'S CLINIC   (Australia)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFUSION; MALE; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASODILATATION; VEIN DILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGLYCERIN; RADIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 27444431923     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.057356     Document Type: Article

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