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Short-term treatment with L-arginine prevents the smoking-induced impairment of endothelial function and vascular elastic properties in young individuals

Gerasimos Siasos, Dimitris Tousoulis, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Charalambos Antoniades, Elli Stefanadi, Nikos Ioakeimidis, Ioannis Andreou, K Zisimos, Athanasios G. Papavassiliou, Christodoulos Stefanadis

International Journal of Cardiology · 2007 · 68 citations · 30 references

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Vascular endothelial cells synthesize nitric oxide from L-arginine

Richard Palmer, D. Ashton, Salvador Moncada · Nature · 1988 · 4.8K citations

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Guidelines for the ultrasound assessment of endothelial-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation of the brachial artery

Mary C. Corretti, Todd J. Anderson, Emelia J. Benjamin et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2002 · 4.6K citations

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Superoxide anion is involved in the breakdown of endothelium-derived vascular relaxing factor

Ryszard J. Gryglewski, Richard Palmer, Salvador Moncada · Nature · 1986 · 2.4K citations

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Cigarette smoking is associated with dose-related and potentially reversible impairment of endothelium-dependent dilation in healthy young adults.

David S. Celermajer, Keld E. Sørensen, Dimitri Georgakopoulos et al. · Circulation · 1993 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Assessment of Arterial Distensibility by Automatic Pulse Wave Velocity Measurement

Roland Asmar, Athanase Bénétos, Jirar Topouchian et al. · Hypertension · 1995 · 1.4K citations

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