Impairment of autonomic reactivity is a feature of heart failure whether or not the left ventricular ejection fraction is normal

H Patel, BA Ozdemir, M Patel, HB Xiao… - International journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
… We found that autonomic reactivity was blunted in heart failure patients, even when EF is
normal. The reduction of activity applied both to indicators of sympathetic and vagal response. …

Cardiovascular reactivity to mental stress and mortality in patients with heart failure

N Kupper, J Denollet, J Widdershoven, WJ Kop - JACC: Heart Failure, 2015 - jacc.org
Objectives : This study examined whether blood pressure (BP) and heart rate responses to
acute mental stress were associated with mortality in patients with heart failure (HF). …

[HTML][HTML] Heart failure as an autonomic nervous system dysfunction

T Kishi - Journal of cardiology, 2012 - Elsevier
… for heart failure. In conclusion, we must recognize that heart failure is a complex syndrome
with an autonomic nervous system dysfunction, and that the autonomic imbalance with the …

Cerebral blood flow velocity and vasomotor reactivity during autonomic challenges in heart failure

SL Serber, B Rinsky, R Kumar, PM Macey… - Nursing …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
… nervous system (ANS) function, vasomotor reactivity, and cerebral blood flow may develop
… areas in heart failure (HF). This preferentially right-sided injury occurs largely in autonomic

Comparison of autonomic stress reactivity in young healthy versus aging subjects with heart disease

NZ Gurel, AM Carek, OT Inan, O Levantsevych… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
… The autonomic response to acute … autonomic response to stress reactivity of young healthy
subjects and aging subjects with coronary artery disease to understand how the autonomic

Targeting the autonomic nervous system: measuring autonomic function and novel devices for heart failure management

HC Patel, SD Rosen, A Lindsay, C Hayward… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
… Based on just this information, we demonstrated that it is possible to distinguish autonomic
tone in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction from those with preserved ejection fraction […

Autonomic imbalance and immune activation in chronic heart failure–pathophysiological links

EA Jankowska, P Ponikowski, MF Piepoli… - Cardiovascular …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
autonomic and immune systems in human heart failure, starting from the early stages of heart
… .) followed to the advanced stages of heart failure and death. Functional in vivo studies of …

Recovery of cardiac autonomic responsiveness with low‐intensity physical training in patients with chronic heart failure

G Malfatto, G Branzi, B Riva, L Sala… - … of heart failure, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
… Second, to evaluate whether a period of low-intensity, non-endurance cardiac rehabilitation
could influence the sympathovagal balance and reactivity in patients with heart failure. …

Contribution of autonomic reflexes to the hyperadrenergic state in heart failure

E Toschi-Dias, MUPB Rondon, C Cogliati… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
… rate (RR) in a healthy subject, a patient with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
and a patient with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), at rest. Note the …

ACE inhibition improves vagal reactivity in patients with heart failure

KJ Osterziel, R Dietz, S Werner, K Mikulaschek… - American Heart …, 1990 - Elsevier
Autonomic cardiovascular control is deranged in heart failure. Sympathetic activity to the …
blunted in heart failure.s-6x 32 In this study, patients with mild and moderate heart failure and …