Heart rate affects endothelial function in essential hypertension

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 211-219

  Maio, Raffaele ^a   Miceli, Sofia ^a   Sciacqua, Angela ^a   Leone, Giulia Galiano ^a   Bruni, Rosamaria ^a   Naccarato, Paola ^a   Martino, Francesco ^b   Sesti, Giorgio ^a   Perticone, Francesco ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Campus Universitario di Germaneto ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial pacing; Cardiovascular events; Endothelium; Heart rate; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875758027     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-011-0618-3     Document Type: Article

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