Poor baroreflex gain is a marker of heightened sympathetic activity post-tachycardia termination in humans

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 443-446

  Kowal, Robert C ^a   Wasmund, Stephen L ^a   Smith, Michael L ^b   Page, Richard L ^a   Joglar, Jose A ^a   Hamdan, Mohamed H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreceptors; Sympathetic nerve activity; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; SIMULATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 1642503700     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-003-0128-0     Document Type: Article

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