Enhanced Baroreceptor Control of the Cardiovascular System by Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Heart Failure Patients

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1600-1606

  Radaelli, Alberto ^b   Cazzaniga, Maria ^a   Viola, Andrea ^a   Balestri, Giulia ^a   Janetti, Maria Bianchi ^a   Signorini, Maria G ^c   Castiglioni, Paolo ^d   Azzellino, Arianna ^c   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a   Ferrari, Alberto U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BEAT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NECK; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RR INTERVAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUCTION; SURVIVAL; VARIANCE;

BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NECK; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSORECEPTORS; SUCTION;

EID: 33749512822     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.073     Document Type: Article

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