Impairment in cardiac baroreflex sensitivity, which helps regulate blood pressure, is associated with an increased risk for dementia and mortality in older adults not taking antihypertensive ...

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at risk of cardiovascular mortality attributable to autonomic dysfunction. However, the exact mechanisms involved in this dysfunction are not altogether ...

Researchers describe a newly observed phenomenon in the way blood pressure is maintained in certain rats. High blood pressure: some people take medication to control it while others commit to low salt ...

New research suggests that young women with a family history of high blood pressure (hypertension) have decreased baroreflex function, which may increase their risk for hypertension later in life. The ...

Patients with throat problems were less able to regulate their blood pressure in a new study led by the University of Southampton. The study published in JAMA Otolaryngology is the first to observe ...

A new type of therapy is safe and effective for symptomatic advanced heart failure patients who are already receiving optimum drug and device therapy, a recent study shows. Results of a clinical trial ...

Spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) of heart rate (HR) is a key mechanism for blood pressure homeostasis. BRS is impaired in hypertensive patients and has been demonstrated to decrease with the ...

Carotid sinus baroreceptors are involved in controlling blood pressure (BP) by providing input to the cardiovascular regulatory centers of the medulla. The acute effect of temporarily placing an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There was a decrease in baroreflex sensitivity in adolescents 5 minutes after exercise regardless of exercise ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — In certain patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction, baroreflex activation therapy was ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—In patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) who are not candidates for cardiac resynchronization therapy, baroreflex activation therapy (BAT) provides at ...