Endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis
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[Endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis].
Mammalian endothelium acts as a mediator in arterial and venous relaxation and contraction. Endothelium-dependent relaxation is due to endothelial release of powerful, non-prostanoid vasodilatory substances. The best known of these is the endothelial factor EDRF identified as nitrous oxide (NO). It is the end result of the metabolism of L-arginine by the NO synthetase of endothelial cells. In a...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0195-668X,1522-9645
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/18.suppl_e.19