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Heart 2002;87:320-321; doi:10.1136/heart.87.4.320
Copyright © 2002 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society
Heart 2002;87:320-321
© 2002 by Heart

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Vasomotion and nitric oxide bioactivity in diseased coronary arteries

D Tousoulis1, G J Davies2, T Crake3, P C Toutouzas1

1 Cardiology Unit, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
2 Division of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
3 Department of Cardiology, St Bartholemew's Hospital, London, UK

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Graham J Davies, Division of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 ONN, UK;
gjdavies{at}hhnt.org

ABSTRACT

Atheromatous coronary stenoses are no longer considered to be passive structures, instead having the capacity for dynamic, often transient, change which may take the form of constriction or dilatation in response to either endogenous or external stimulation.

Keywords: vasomotion; nitric oxide; coronary artery disease

Abbreviations: iNOS, cytokine induced nitric oxide synthase; LNMMA, N-monomethyl L-arginine


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