How to study sympatho-vagal balance in arterial hypertension and the effect of antihypertensive drugs?

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 143-152

  Presciuttini, Barbara ^b   Duprez, Daniel ^a   De Buyzere, Marc ^a   Clement, Denis L ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antihypertensives; Arterial hypertension; Power spectral analysis; Reflex manoeuvres; Sympatho vagal balance

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

COLD PRESSOR TEST; HAND GRIP; HYPERPNEA; HYPERTENSION; PRESSORECEPTOR; REVIEW; RR INTERVAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS REFLEX; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031756770     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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