Enhanced vasodilation to acetylcholine in athletes is associated with lower plasma cholesterol

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 6 39-6, 1996, Pages

  Kingwell, Bronwyn A ^a,b   Tran, Binh ^a   Cameron, James D ^a   Jennings, Garry L ^a   Dart, Anthony M ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

angiotensin II; endothelium dependent vasodilation; exercise; human; nitric oxide; norepinephrine; sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN; CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHLETE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33750838586     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.6.h2008     Document Type: Article

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