The mechanisms underlying hypercapnic coronary dilation remain unsettled. This study tests the hypothesis that flow dependent NO production is obligatory for the hypercapnic flow response.
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, University Hospital Dresden, TU Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany. Anke.Heintz@mailbox.tu-dresden.de