Relationship of neurovascular compression to central sympathetic discharge and essential hypertension

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1453-1458

  Smith, Paul A ^a,c   Meaney, James F M ^b   Graham, Lee N ^a   Stoker, John B ^a   Mackintosh, Alan F ^a   Mary, David A S G ^a   Ball, Stephen G ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baroreceptor reflex sensitivity; BRS; EHT; EHT 1; EHT 2 3; Essential hypertension; Group classification for high normal arterial pressure; Group classification for mild essential hypertension; Group classification for severe essential hypertension; HN; JNC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERONEUS NERVE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 1942484878     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.11.047     Document Type: Article

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