Biventricular pacing in chronic heart failure acutely facilitates the arterial baroreflex

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Gademan, Maaike G J ^a   Van Bommel, Rutger J ^a   Ypenburg, Claudia ^a   Haest, Joris C W ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Swenne, Cees A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Baroreflex sensitivity; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC SYMPATHETIC AFFERENT REFLEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLIC STRESS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STROKE VOLUME; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 52449107107     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00170.2008     Document Type: Article

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