Baroreflex sensitivity: Measurement and clinical implications

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-207

  La Rovere, Maria Teresa ^a   Pinna, Gian Domenico ^a   Raczak, Grzegorz ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreceptors; Baroreflex sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG EFFECT; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 42449158052     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2008.00219.x     Document Type: Review

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