Implantation of a carotid baroreceptor stimulator in patients with pacemakers and hypertension

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 354-356

  Karunaratne, Harischandra ^a   Muluk, Satish ^b   Papademetriou, Vasilios ^c   Park, W Michael ^d   Sample, Ross ^e   Irwin, Eric ^f  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d IOWA HEART CENTER   (United States)

^e CVRX INC   (United States)

^f NORTH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

baroreceptors; blood pressure; hypertension; pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR; STIMULATION;

CAROTID ARTERIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PRESSORECEPTORS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952465827     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02825.x     Document Type: Article

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