Nitric oxide and the regulation of large artery stiffness: From physiology to pharmacology

Hypertension

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 112-116

  Wilkinson, Ian B ^a   Franklin, Stanley S ^b   Cockcroft, John R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NEBIVOLOL; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR;

AGING; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY STIFFNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL GENETICS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIGIDITY; SHORT SURVEY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OBESITY;

EID: 3543009592     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000138068.03893.40     Document Type: Short Survey

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