Prolonged Administration of l -Arginine Ameliorates Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling in Rats
- 15 July 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 96 (2) , 689-697
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.96.2.689
Abstract
Background Endothelium-dependent nitric oxide–mediated vasodilation is impaired in rats with pulmonary hypertension (PH) induced by chronic hypoxia or by monocrotaline injection. We therefore inves...Keywords
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