Carotid baroreflex responsiveness is impaired in normotensive African American men

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Holwerda, Seth W ^a   Fulton, Diana ^a   Eubank, Wendy L ^a   Keller, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEART RATE; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REST; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALGORITHMS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053254459     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00604.2011     Document Type: Article

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