Vascular compression of the rostral ventrolateral medulla in sympathetic mediated essential hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 78-82

  Gajjar, Digesh ^a   Egan, Brent ^a   Curè, Joel ^a   Rust, Philip ^b   VanTassel, Pamela ^a   Patel, Sunil J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Hypertension, essential; Medulla oblongata; Norepinephrine; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0033866980     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.36.1.78     Document Type: Article

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