Carbon monoxide: A novel pulmonary artery vasodilator in neonatal llamas of the Andean altiplano

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 197-201

  Herrera, Emilio A ^a,b,c   Reyes, Roberto V ^a   Giussani, Dino A ^b   Riquelme, Raquel A ^c   Sanhueza, Emilia M ^a   Ebensperger, Germán ^a,d   Casanello, Paola ^a,h   Méndez, Natalia ^a   Ebensperger, Renato ^a   Sepúlveda Kattan, Esteban ^a,h   Pulgar, Victor M ^a,i   Cabello, Gertrudis ^d   Blanco, Carlos E ^e   Hanson, Mark A ^f   Parer, Julian T ^g   Llanos, Aníbal J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

ⁱ WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Hypoxia anoxia; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary circulation; Vasoconstriction dilation

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART PROTECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEA LEVEL; SHEEP;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEME OXYGENASE-1; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PULMONARY ARTERY; SHEEP; VASODILATION;

EID: 38849150449     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvm013     Document Type: Article

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