Relationship between muscle sympathetic nerve activity and aortic wave reflection characteristics in young men and women

Hypertension

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 421-427

  Casey, Darren P ^a   Curry, Timothy B ^a   Joyner, Michael J ^a   Charkoudian, Nisha ^b   Hart, Emma C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic wave reflection; blood pressure; peripheral resistance; sex; sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TONOMETRY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WAVEFORM;

AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SEX FACTORS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79953233445     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.164517     Document Type: Article

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