Effects of neuronal nitric oxide synthase on human coronary artery diameter and blood flow in vivo

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 2656-2662

  Seddon, Michael ^a   Melikian, Narbeh ^a   Dworakowski, Rafal ^a   Shabeeh, Husain ^a   Jiang, Benyu ^b   Byrne, Jonathan ^a   Casadei, Barbara ^c   Chowienczyk, Philip ^b   Shah, Ajay M ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Clinical Pharmacology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Microcirculation; Nitric oxide; Vasculature; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; S METHYLTHIOCITRULLINE; SUBSTANCE P;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CITRULLINE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUBSTANCE P; THIOUREA; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67249085652     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.822205     Document Type: Article

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