Do We Still Need Organic Nitrates?**Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1296-1298

  Münzel, Thomas ^a   Wenzel, Philip ^a   Daiber, Andreas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2; ASCORBIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORGANIC NITRATE; PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRANITRATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE;

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33947504407     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.007     Document Type: Editorial

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