Potentiated sympathetic and hemodynamic responses to alcohol in hypertensive vs. normotensive individuals

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 537-541

  Hering, Dagmara ^a   Kucharska, Wieslawa ^a   Kara, Tomas ^b   Somers, Virend K ^b   Narkiewicz, Krzysztof ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; baroreflex control; hypertension; sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 79951676146     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328342b2a9     Document Type: Article

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