Jeffrey M. Isner, and Takayuki Asahara

Departments of Medicine (Cardiology) and Biomedical Research, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

Received 4/6/98 Accepted 4/29/98

5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Supported in part by an Academic Award in Vascular Medicine (HL02824) and grants HL53354, and HL57516 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD and the E.L. Wiegand Foundation, Reno, NV.