Chronic baroreflex activation: A potential therapeutic approach to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-178

  Georgakopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Little, William C ^b   Abraham, William T ^c   Weaver, Fred A ^d   Zile, Michael R ^e,f  

^a CVRX INC   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; Baroreceptors; electrical stimulation; hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CANDESARTAN; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; IRBESARTAN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRATE; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ASIC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BAROREFLEX ACTIVATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CAROTID SINUS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY NERVE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENAL ARTERY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; VASODILATATION; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79551681705     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.09.004     Document Type: Review

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