Differential role of endothelial versus neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the regulation of coronary blood flow during pacing-induced increases in cardiac workload

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Shabeeh, Husain ^a   Melikian, Narbeh ^a   Dworakowski, Rafal ^a   Casadei, Barbara ^b   Chowienczyk, Phil ^a   Shah, Ajay M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary blood flow; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Pacing; Vascular

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PACING; HEART WORK; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORONARY BLOOD FLOW; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PACING; VASCULAR;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CITRULLINE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; THIOUREA; VASODILATION;

EID: 84878585333     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00927.2012     Document Type: Article

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