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Sildenafil and vardenafil but not nitroglycerin limit myocardial infarction through opening of mitochondrial KATP channels when administered at reperfusion following ischemia in rabbits

Fadi N. Salloum, Yuko Takenoshita, Ramzi Ockaili, Vladimir P. Daoud, Eric Chou, Kazu-ichi Yoshida, Rakesh C. Kukreja

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology · 2006 · 123 citations · 35 references

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Mechanism of vascular smooth muscle relaxation by organic nitrates, nitrites, nitroprusside and nitric oxide: evidence for the involvement of S-nitrosothiols as active intermediates.

L J Ignarro, Howard Lippton, Jo C. W. Edwards et al. · Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · 1981 · 1.6K citations

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Mitochondrial ATP-Dependent Potassium Channels

Yongge Liu, Toshiaki Sato, Brian O’Rourke et al. · Circulation · 1998 · 818 citations

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Measurement of superoxide-derived free radicals in the reperfused heart. Evidence for a free radical mechanism of reperfusion injury.

Jay L. Zweíer · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1988 · 629 citations · Full text

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Guanylate cyclase: activation by azide, nitro compounds, nitric oxide, and hydroxyl radical and inhibition by hemoglobin and myoglobin.

Ferid Murad, Chandra K. Mittal, William P. Arnold et al. · PubMed · 1978 · 448 citations

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Effects of sildenafil citrate on human hemodynamics

Graham Jackson, Nigel Benjamin, Neville Jackson et al. · The American Journal of Cardiology · 1999 · 371 citations

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