Malignant vagotonia due to selective baroreflex failure

Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1072-1077

  Jordan, Jens ^a   Shannon, John R ^a   Black, Bonnie K ^a   Costa, Fernando ^a   Ertl, Andrew C ^a   Furlan, Raffaello ^b   Biaggioni, Italo ^a   Robertson, David ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreflex; Bradycardia; Hypotension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CASE REPORT; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROL SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART DENERVATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0030722321     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.30.5.1072     Document Type: Article

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