Is the autonomic dysfunction the missing link between panic disorder, hypertension and cardiovascular disease?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2347-2349

  Grassi, Guido ^a,b,c   Kiowski, Wolfgang ^d  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ctr Interuniv Fisiol Clin Ipert   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^d Cardiology Division   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; NOTE; PANIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036910535     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200212000-00009     Document Type: Note

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