In the setting of chronic heart failure (CHF), therapy with angiotensin converting enzyme
(ACE) inhibitors generally reduces serum aldosterone levels acutely. However, long-term …

Arterial baroreceptors play an important role in the short-term regulation of arterial pressure,
by reflex chronotropic effect on the heart and by reflex regulation of sympathetic outflow …

1 Parameters derived from frequency‐domain analysis of heart period and blood pressure
variability are gaining increasing importance in clinical practice. However, the underlying …

We examined the influence of baroreceptor reflex sensitivity (the increase in pulse interval in
response to a phenylephrine-induced increase in blood pressure), age, blood pressure, and …

Abstract Angiotensin II (Ang II) exerts an inhibitory action on vagal activity in animals and
may also facilitate sympathetic activity. The object of this study was to compare autonomic …

1. Recent animal evidence suggests that aldosterone, like angiotensin II, may possess
detrimental autonomic modulating properties. Aldosterone has been shown to impair the …

The influence of excess total and abdominal adiposity on cardiovagal baroreflex gain
remains unclear. We tested the hypotheses that cardiovagal baroreflex gain would be …

Although β-adrenoreceptor antagonists appear to be beneficial in chronic heart failure there
is little information on their effects on autonomic and baroreceptor function which may have …

Background Human studies have shown that the blood pressure lowering effects of
angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors are accompanied by a reduction in plasma …

This study tested the hypothesis that gender affects the pressor and renal vasoconstrictor
responses to angiotensin (Ang) I and Ang II in salt-replete normotensive subjects. Ang I and …