Severe pulmonary embolism decreases plasma L-arginine

Eur Respir J. 2014 Mar;43(3):906-9. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00171913. Epub 2013 Nov 14.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Arginase / blood
  • Arginine / analogs & derivatives
  • Arginine / blood*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Hemolysis
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pulmonary Embolism / blood*
  • Tricuspid Valve
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / blood*

Substances

  • N,N-dimethylarginine
  • Arginine
  • Arginase

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00368836