Acute device-based blood pressure reduction: Electrical activation of the carotid baroreflex in patients undergoing elective carotid surgery

Vascular

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 63-69

  Schmidli, Jürg ^a   Savolainen, Hannu ^a   Eckstein, Friedrich ^a   Irwin, Eric ^b,c   Peters, Tim K ^b   Martin, Roy ^b   Kieval, Robert ^b   Cody, Robert ^b   Carrel, Thierry ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CVRX INC   (United States)

^c Division of Trauma   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreceptors; Baroreflex; Carotid arteries; Electric stimulation; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID SINUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSORECEPTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347375735     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2007.00024     Document Type: Article

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