Coronary vasomotor responses to isometric handgrip exercise are primarily mediated by nitric oxide: A noninvasive MRI test of coronary endothelial function

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 11, 2015, Pages H1343-H1350

  Hays, Allison G ^a   Iantorno, Micaela ^a,b   Soleimanifard, Sahar ^a,c   Steinberg, Angela ^a   Schär, Michael ^a   Gerstenblith, Gary ^a   Stuber, Matthias ^a,d   Weiss, Robert G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d University of Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Endothelial function; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) METHYLARGININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; AGED; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; HAND STRENGTH; HEART FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84930840325     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00023.2015     Document Type: Article

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