Restoration of pulsatile flow reduces sympathetic nerve activity among individuals with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices

Circulation

Volumn 132, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 2316-2322

  Cornwell, William K ^a   Tarumi, Takashi ^a   Stickford, Abigail ^b   Lawley, Justin ^b   Roberts, Monique ^c   Parker, Rosemary ^c   Fitzsimmons, Catherine ^a   Kibe, Julius ^b   Ayers, Colby ^c   Markham, David ^a   Drazner, Mark H ^b   Fu, Qi ^c   Levine, Benjamin D ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; heart failure; pressoreceptors; sympathetic nervous system; ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE PRESSURE; STEADY STATE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGED; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; BAROREFLEX; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSORECEPTORS; PULSATILE FLOW; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84952630110     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.017647     Document Type: Article

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