Assessment of cardiac baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), one of the body’s mechanisms for maintaining blood pressure (BP), may help predict which patients with resistant hypertension will not respond to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether HRV, BPV, and BRS are different between various hypertensive disorders and in comparison to normal pregnancies. This should lead to a better ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO, CA — In a small trial of patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HF-REF), those who were implanted with the Barostim neo (CVRx) device, which stimulates baroreceptors in ...

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 ...

The hot flash is one of the most commonly encountered symptoms of menopause, yet there is little understanding of its underlying physiology. With its unpredictable onset and evanescent nature, this ...

High blood pressure: some people take medication to control it while others commit to low salt diets, exercise or yoga to reduce stress. Blood pressure is a primary vital sign, yet, remarkably, just ...