Passive leg movement and nitric oxide-mediated vascular function: The impact of age

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 6, 2015, Pages H672-H679

  Trinity, Joel D ^a,b   Jonathan Groot, H ^c   Layec, Gwenael ^b   Rossman, Matthew J ^c   Ives, Stephen J ^a,b,d   Morgan, David E ^b   Gmelch, Ben S ^b   Bledsoe, Amber ^b   Richardson, Russell S ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Endothelial function; Flow mediated dilation; Leg blood flow; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; PASSIVE LEG MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STROKE VOLUME; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937390574     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00806.2014     Document Type: Article

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