Erectile dysfunction and diabetes: A melting pot of circumstances and treatments

G Defeudis, R Mazzilli, M Tenuta… - Diabetes/metabolism …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetes mellitus (DM), a chronic metabolic disease characterised by elevated levels of
blood glucose, is among the most common chronic diseases. The incidence and prevalence …

Blood flow restriction training and the exercise pressor reflex: a call for concern

MD Spranger, AC Krishnan, PD Levy… - American Journal …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Blood flow restriction (BFR) training (also known as Kaatsu training) is an increasingly
common practice employed during resistance exercise by athletes attempting to enhance …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of empagliflozin versus placebo on cardiac sympathetic activity in acute myocardial infarction patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the EMBODY trial

W Shimizu, Y Kubota, Y Hoshika, K Mozawa… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - Springer
Background Protection from lethal ventricular arrhythmias leading to sudden cardiac death
(SCD) is a crucial challenge after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Cardiac sympathetic …

[HTML][HTML] A new class of drugs for heart failure: SGLT2 inhibitors reduce sympathetic overactivity

M Sano - Journal of Cardiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Even in the presence of excess glucose, the proximal renal tubules continue to resorb more
glucose. Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are drugs that control this …

Substantial reduction in single sympathetic nerve firing after renal denervation in patients with resistant hypertension

D Hering, EA Lambert, P Marusic, AS Walton… - …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Renal denervation (RDN) has been shown to reduce blood pressure (BP) and muscle
sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) in patients with resistant hypertension. The mechanisms …

Potential causes, mechanisms, and implications of post exercise hypotension

JR MacDonald - Journal of human hypertension, 2002 - nature.com
Post exercise hypotension (PEH) is a phenomenon of a prolonged decrease in resting blood
pressure in the minutes and hours following acute exercise. Knowledge of PEH is potentially …

Autonomic adjustments to exercise in humans

JP Fisher, CN Young, PJ Fadel - Comprehensive physiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Autonomic nervous system adjustments to the heart and blood vessels are necessary for
mediating the cardiovascular responses required to meet the metabolic demands of working …

Sympathetic activation in the pathogenesis of hypertension and progression of organ damage

G Mancia, G Grassi, C Giannattasio, G Seravalle - Hypertension, 1999 - Am Heart Assoc
Although animal models of hypertension have clearly shown that high blood pressure is
associated with and is probably caused by an increase in sympathetic cardiovascular …

The sympathetic nervous system and blood pressure in humans: implications for hypertension

JP Fisher, JFR Paton - Journal of human hypertension, 2012 - nature.com
A neurogenic component to primary hypertension (hypertension) is now well established.
Along with raised vasomotor tone and increased cardiac output, the chronic activation of the …

How to assess sympathetic activity in humans

G Grassi, M Esler - Journal of hypertension, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Sympathetic factors play a central role not only in cardiovascular homeostatic control but
also in the pathogenesis and/or in the progression of several cardiovascular diseases, such …