Atrial fibrillation impairs cardiac sympathetic response to baroreceptor unloading in congestive heart failure

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 2562-2567

  Gould, Paul A ^a   Yii, Michael ^b   Esler, Murray D ^a   Power, John M ^a   Kaye, David M ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Baroreceptors; Heart failure; Sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETER; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART WORK; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BAROREFLEX; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 27944454355     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi468     Document Type: Article

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