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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The striking gains in functional capacity and quality of life conferred by baroreflex activation therapy in patients with heart failure, as shown in the pivotal phase 3 clinical trial for this novel ...

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 ...

It's not officially confirmed but this study supports the notion that this therapy can reduce hospitalizations and the number of days hospitalized. Heart failure is a condition in which the heart ...