Roles of systemic nitric oxide metabolites for human coronary circulation

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-195

  Kato, Yoji ^a   Kijima, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kitakaze, Masafumi ^b   Minamino, Tetsuo ^c   Matsu Ura, Yasuhiko ^a   Hashimura, Kazuhiko ^b   Yasuda, Takenori ^a   Ueda, Tetsuya ^a   Mori, Isao ^a   Hori, Masatsugu ^c  

^a Ishinkai Yao General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; coronary vasospasm; nitrite nitrate

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AORTA; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSELS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENTS; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL; SMOKING;

EID: 3142678682     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CARD.0000033639.17638.32     Document Type: Article

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