Increased cardiac adrenergic drive precedes generalized sympathetic activation in human heart failure

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-175

  Rundqvist, Bengt ^a   Elam, Mikael ^a   Bergmann Sverrisdottir, Yrsa ^a   Eisenhofer, Graeme ^b   Friberg, Peter ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; nervous system, autonomic; norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031016433     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.1.169     Document Type: Article

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