Effects of hypertension on cardiovascular responses to epinephrine in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Leenen, Frans H H ^a   Fourney, Anne ^a   Coletta, Elizabeth ^a   White, Roselyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

receptor responsiveness; Aging; Arterial baroflex; Heart; Neuronal uptake

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GANGLION BLOCKING AGENT;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GANGLION BLOCK; HEART INDEX; HEART INNERVATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; STROKE VOLUME; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRIMETHAPHAN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34447514046     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01200.2006     Document Type: Article

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