title: Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis during the cold pressor test in patients with coronary artery disease.
abstract: The effects of a cold pressor test during intracoronary infusions of L-NMMA and normal saline were studied in patients with chronic stable angina and in patients with normal coronary arteriograms. The cold pressor test during saline infusion caused significant dilation of proximal and distal segments in patients with normal coronary arteriograms, and this dilation was abolished by L-NMMA infusion; in patients with coronary disease the cold pressor test during saline caused constriction of the stenoses and distal segments and this constriction was augmented by L-NMMA infusion.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Units, Hippokration Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Greece.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tousoulis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tentolouris
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Crake
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toutouzas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000502:physiology; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D005996:Nitroglycerin