Maternal cardiovascular and other physiologic responses to the endocrinology of pregnancy

RR Magness - Endocrinology of pregnancy, 1998 - Springer
Gestation is a unique ephemeral physiologic state in that it is associated with significant but
reversible alternations in many systems, including the endocrine and cardiovascular …

Angiotensin II as a cardiovascular risk factor

I Gavras, H Gavras - Journal of human hypertension, 2002 - nature.com
A renin-angiotensin level that is inappropriately high for the systemic blood pressure and the
state of sodium balance is now recognized to be one of the modifiable cardiovascular risk …

Sustained augmentation of parasympathetic tone with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in patients with congestive heart failure

PF Binkley, GJ Haas, RC Starling, E Nunziata… - Journal of the American …, 1993 - Elsevier
Objectives. The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the changes in
parasympathetic tone associated with long-term angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor …

Heart rate variability: technique and investigational applications in cardiovascular medicine

SJ Pieper, SC Hammill - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1995 - Elsevier
Objective To describe heart rate variability (HRV) analysis, especially time-and
frequencydomain analyses, and some of its investigational applications in clinical …

Chronic hypertension and altered baroreflex responses in transgenic mice containing the human renin and human angiotensinogen genes.

DC Merrill, MW Thompson, CL Carney… - The Journal of …, 1996 - Am Soc Clin Investig
We have generated a transgenic model consisting of both the human renin and human
angiotensinogen genes to study further the role played by the renin-angiotensin system in …

Characterization of angiotensin II receptor subtypes in rat heart.

LA Sechi, CA Griffin, EF Grady, JE Kalinyak… - Circulation …, 1992 - Am Heart Assoc
Angiotensin II exerts positive inotropic and chronotropic effects on the mammalian heart by
binding to specific membrane receptors. Recently, two subtypes of angiotensin II receptors …

Baroreceptor reflex modulation by angiotensin II at the nucleus tractus solitarii.

MJ Campagnole-Santos, DI Diz, CM Ferrario - Hypertension, 1988 - Am Heart Assoc
This study characterized the effect of nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) microinjection of the
angiotensin II (Ang II) antagonist [Sar1, Thr8] Ang II on the baroreceptor control of heart rate …

Baroreflex control of sympathetic activity in experimental hypertension

MCC Irigoyen, EM Krieger - Brazilian Journal of Medical and …, 1998 - SciELO Brasil
The arterial baroreceptor reflex system is one of the most powerful and rapidly acting
mechanisms for controlling arterial pressure. The purpose of the present review is to discuss …

Role of angiotensin-(1-7) in the modulation of the baroreflex in renovascular hypertensive rats

RR Britto, RAS Santos, CR Fagundes-Moura… - …, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
In this study, we evaluated the effect produced by lateral ventricle (intracerebroventricular,
ICV) infusion of the selective angiotensin (Ang)-(1-7) antagonist, d-Ala7-Ang-(1-7)(A-779), in …

Angiotensin II binding sites in the conduction system of rat hearts

K Saito, JS Gutkind… - American Journal of …, 1987 - journals.physiology.org
Angiotensin II binding sites were localized and quantified in the conduction system of the rat
heart by autoradiography in combination with computerized microdensitometry. Tissue …