A significant number of hypertensive subjects fail to achieve adequate blood pressure control despite adherence to maximal doses of several antihypertensive drugs. In the same way although medical and device therapies continue to improve the clinical course of heart failure patients, morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs remain high. Electrical stimulation of the carotid sinus is a new interesting approach for the treatment of resistant hypertension and heart failure. The purpose of this paper is to overview the argument starting from physiological background and evaluating the clinical results obtained with this approach in these pathophysiological conditions.

Seravalle, G., Grassi, G. (2015). Carotid Baroreceptor Stimulation in Resistant Hypertension and Heart Failure. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE & CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION, 22(3), 233-239 [10.1007/s40292-015-0083-6].

Carotid Baroreceptor Stimulation in Resistant Hypertension and Heart Failure

GRASSI, GUIDO
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2015

Abstract

A significant number of hypertensive subjects fail to achieve adequate blood pressure control despite adherence to maximal doses of several antihypertensive drugs. In the same way although medical and device therapies continue to improve the clinical course of heart failure patients, morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs remain high. Electrical stimulation of the carotid sinus is a new interesting approach for the treatment of resistant hypertension and heart failure. The purpose of this paper is to overview the argument starting from physiological background and evaluating the clinical results obtained with this approach in these pathophysiological conditions.
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Baroreceptor stimulation; Carotid baroreflex; Heart failure; Resistant hypertension; Surgery; Sympathetic nervous system; Therapy;
Baroreceptor stimulation; Carotid baroreflex; Heart failure; Resistant hypertension; Surgery; Sympathetic nervous system; Therapy; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine
English
2015
22
3
233
239
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Seravalle, G., Grassi, G. (2015). Carotid Baroreceptor Stimulation in Resistant Hypertension and Heart Failure. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE & CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION, 22(3), 233-239 [10.1007/s40292-015-0083-6].
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