Sympathetic and baroreflex function in hypertensive or heart failure patients with ventricular arrhythmias

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1747-1753

  Grassi, Guido ^a,b,c   Seravaile, Gino ^b,c   Dell'Oro, Raffaella ^a   Facchini, Annalisa ^a   Ilardo, Valeria ^a   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Ctro Interuniversitario Fisiol C   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^d SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial baroreceptors; Cardiac arrhythmias; Heart failure; Heart rate; Plasma norepinephrine; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; RENIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROGRAPHY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 4344584719     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200409000-00019     Document Type: Article

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