Arterial hypertension is strongly related to overweight and obesity. In obese subjects,
several mechanisms may lead to hypertension such as insulin and leptin resistance …

Nerve traffic recordings (muscle sympathetic nerve traffic [MSNA]) have shown that
sympathetic activation may occur in obesity. However, the small sample size of the available …

Document Reviewers: Luis Alcocer (Mexico), Christina Antza (Greece), Mustafa Arici
(Turkey), Eduardo Barbosa (Brazil), Adel Berbari (Lebanon), Luıs Bronze (Portugal), John …

Cardiac innervation by the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) and the sympathetic
nervous system (SNS) modulates the heart rate (HR)(chronotropic activity) and the …

Document Reviewers: Luis Alcocer (Mexico), Christina Antza (Greece), Mustafa Arici
(Turkey), Eduardo Barbosa (Brazil), Adel Berbari (Lebanon), Luıs Bronze (Portugal), John …

Elevated large-artery stiffness is recognized as an independent predictor of cardiovascular
and all-cause mortality. The mechanisms responsible for such stiffening are incompletely …

White-coat and masked hypertension are important hypertension phenotypes. Out-of-office
blood pressure measurement is essential for the accurate diagnosis and monitoring of these …

Evidences collected in the past few years have strengthened the concept that the
sympathetic nervous system plays a primary role in the development and progression of the …

Excessive sympathetic activity and norepinephrine (NE) release play crucial roles in the
pathogeneses of hypertension. Sympathetic fibers innervate adventitia rather than media of …

Despite availability of effective drugs for hypertension therapy, significant numbers of
hypertensive patients fail to achieve recommended blood pressure levels on≥ 3 …