Carotid baroreceptor stimulation, sympathetic activity, baroreflex function, and blood pressure in hypertensive patients

Hypertension

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 619-626

  Heusser, Karsten ^a   Tank, Jens ^a   Engeli, Stefan ^a   Diedrich, André ^d   Menne, Jan ^b   Eckert, Siegfried ^e   Peters, Tim ^f   Sweep, Fred C G J ^g   Haller, Hermann ^b   Pichlmaier, Andreas M ^c   Luft, Friedrich C ^h   Jordan, Jens ^a  

^a Institute of Clinical Pharmacology   (Germany)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f RandD Consulting   (Switzerland)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic reflex and neurohumoral control of circulation; Clinical studies; Electrophysiology; Pacemaker; Sympathetic tone

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; RENIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID SINUS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRESSORECEPTORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENIN; STROKE VOLUME; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77149139150     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.140665     Document Type: Article

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