Behaviour of the adrenergic cardiovascular drive in atrial fibrillation and cardiac arrhythmias

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 399-404

  Grassi, Guido ^a   Seravalle, Gino ^b   Bertinieri, Giovanni ^b   Mancia, Giuseppe ^b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arterial baroreceptors; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac arrhythmias; Heart failure; Hypertension; Microneurography; Sympathetic nerve traffic

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MUSCLES; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PRESSORECEPTORS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 0037338739     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2003.01092.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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