Baroreflex sensitivity in drug-treated systemic hypertension

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1369-1372

  Ylitalo, Antti ^a   Airaksinen, K E Juhani ^b   Tahvanainen, Kari U O ^b   Kuusela, Tom A ^b   Ikäheimo, Markku J ^b   Rantala, Asko ^b   Lilja, Mauno ^b   Huikuri, Heikki V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OSCILLOMETRY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BAROREFLEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030773709     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00687-5     Document Type: Article

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