Carotid baroreflex activation: Past, present, and future

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 61-66

  Scheffers, Ingrid J M ^a   Kroon, Abraham A ^a   De Leeuw, Peter W ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Baroreceptor system; Electrical activation; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; PROCAINE;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAROTID SINUS; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEVICE THERAPY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; EDEMA; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; HYPERTENSION; LARYNX SPASM; MEDLINE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TACHYPNEA; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE;

ANIMALS; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; DIASTOLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PRESSORECEPTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 77953541522     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-009-0087-5     Document Type: Review

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