Endothelium, Nitric Oxide, and Atherosclerosis
Subtitle: From Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Implications
Contributors: Julio A. Panza (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: July 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780879934361
Subjects: Biochemistry; Cardiovascular medicine; Vascular endothelium; Medical / Nursing; Bio-Inorganic Chemistry; Vascular Disease; Medical; Physiological effect; Nitric oxide; Cardiology; Chemistry - Organic; Science / Chemistry / Organic; Atherosclerosis; Pathophysiology
First sentence: Because this chapter is being written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and because research in my laboratory has been supported continuously by grants from the NHLBI (originally the NHI) for the last 40 years, I think that it is appropriate at this time to quote part of the first paragraph of the Introduction to the Research Plan in my grant application written in January, 1982: