Sympathetic activation restrains endothelium-mediated muscle vasodilatation in heart failure patients

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 2 58-2, 2005, Pages

  Santos, Amilton C ^a   Alves, Maria J N N ^a   Rondon, Maria U P B ^a   Barretto, Antonio C P ^a   Middlekauff, Holly R ^b   Negrão, Carlos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Forearm vasodilatation; Mental stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHENTOLAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROOP COLOR WORD TEST; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENTOLAMINE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REST; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 23744466559     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01240.2004     Document Type: Article

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