Pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis is associated with profound impairment of microvascular endothelium-dependent vasodilatation

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-105

  Hofstee, Herman M A ^a   Voskuyl, Alexandre E ^a   Noordegraaf, Anton Vonk ^b   Smulders, Yvo M ^b   Postmus, Piet E ^a   Dijkmans, Ben A C ^a   Serné, Erik H ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Microvessels; Pulmonary hypertension; Systemic scleroderma; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NITROPRUSSIDE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84855386342     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110397     Document Type: Article

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