Impaired endothelial- and nonendothelial-mediated vasodilation in patients with acute or chronic hypothyroidism

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-111

  Napoli, Raffaele ^a   Guardasole, Vincenzo ^a   Zarra, Emanuela ^a   D'Anna, Carolina ^a   De Sena, Antonietta ^a   Lupoli, Gelsy Arianna ^b   Oliviero, Ugo ^a   Matarazzo, Margherita ^a   Lupoli, Giovanni ^b   Saccà, Luigi ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THYROIDECTOMY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROPRUSSIDE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 72249085804     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03609.x     Document Type: Article

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