Is it Possible to Reverse the Endothelial Dysfunction in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension?**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 14, 2007, Pages 1572-1574

  Barst, Robyn ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; THROMBOMODULIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXERCISE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 34047146858     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.054     Document Type: Editorial

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