Aldosterone blunts the baroreflex response in man

Clinical Science

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 687-692

  Yee, K M ^a,b   Struthers, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b BEDFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Autonomic nervous system; Baroreceptors; Blood pressure; Heart failure; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; MINERALOCORTICOID; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; BAROREFLEX; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032410815     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0950687     Document Type: Article

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