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Erschienen in: Current Hypertension Reports 3/2015

01.03.2015 | Secondary Hypertension: Nervous System Mechanisms (J Bisognano, Section Editor)

The Baroreflex in Hypertension

verfasst von: Genaro Fernandez, Junsoo Alex Lee, Lynn C. Liu, John P. Gassler

Erschienen in: Current Hypertension Reports | Ausgabe 3/2015

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Abstract

Hypertension is a complex syndrome that increases the risk of developing other medical comorbidities and interacts with other medical conditions to increase the risk of target end-organ damage such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, and renal disease. Hypertension remains under-recognized and poorly controlled in the USA and worldwide. In some patients, hypertension is resistant to optimal medical therapy. Over the last few decades, there has been an increasing understanding of the role of the sympathetic nervous system in the development and maintenance of hypertension. This update reviews the physiology and role of the sympathetic nervous system in hypertension and pharmacological and interventional treatments directed at nervous system involvement in secondary hypertension.
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Metadaten
Titel
The Baroreflex in Hypertension
verfasst von
Genaro Fernandez
Junsoo Alex Lee
Lynn C. Liu
John P. Gassler
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2015
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Current Hypertension Reports / Ausgabe 3/2015
Print ISSN: 1522-6417
Elektronische ISSN: 1534-3111
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11906-014-0531-z

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