Exercise-Induced Increase in Brain Natriuretic Peptide is Related to Vascular Endothelial Function After Heart Transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1075-1076

  Talha, Samy ^a   Rouyer, Olivier ^a   Doutreleau, Stéphane ^a   Di Marco, Analia Paola ^a   Kindo, Michel ^b   Richard, Ruddy ^a   Piquard, François ^a   Geny, Bernard ^a  

^a Service de Physiologie et d'Explorations Fonctionnelles

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART DENERVATION; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINUS RHYTHM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WALKING;

ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; WALKING;

EID: 34848861780     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.07.025     Document Type: Letter

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