Excessive nitric oxide function and blood pressure regulation in patients with autonomic failure

Hypertension

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1531-1536

  Gamboa, Alfredo ^a   Shibao, Cyndya ^a   Diedrich, André ^a   Paranjape, Sachin Y ^a   Farley, Ginnie ^a   Christman, Brian ^a   Raj, Satish R ^a   Robertson, David ^a   Biaggioni, Italo ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; L nmma; NO; Orthostatic hypotension; Pure autonomic failure; Shy drager syndrome; Supine hypertension

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLACEBO; RENIN; SILDENAFIL; TRIMETAPHAN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SHY-DRAGER SYNDROME; SULFONES; SUPINE POSITION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 45849118294     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.105171     Document Type: Article

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