Propofol improves cardiac functional recovery after ischemia-reperfusion by upregulating nitric oxide synthase activity in the isolated rat hearts

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3048-3054

  Sun, Hai Yan ^a   Xue, Fu Shan ^b   Xu, Ya Chao ^a   Li, Cheng Wen ^a   Xiong, Jun ^a   Liao, Xu ^a   Zhang, Yan Ming ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PLASTIC SURGERY HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury; Myocardial preservation; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Propofol

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROPOFOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY SINUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ELECTRODE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEART; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; MYOCARDIUM; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROPOFOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 74549219396     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.24.026     Document Type: Article

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