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Published in: High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention 3/2008

01-07-2008 | Contributions from International Congress

10.1 Sympathetic Responses to Ventricular Extrasystolic Beats in Obese Subjects without and with Sleep Apnoea

Authors: R. Dell’Oro, G. Seravalle, F. Quarti-Trevano, A. Rozzoni, M. Volpe, L. Magni, G. Grassi, G. Mancia

Published in: High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention | Issue 3/2008

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Introduction. Ventricular extrasystolic beats (PVCs) trigger, along with an early and a late blood pressure (BP) fall and overshoot, an early sympatho-excitation and a late period of sympatho-inhibition. The present study was designed to quantify the sympathetic response to PVCs in obesity, uncomplicated or complicated by sleep apnoea, i.e. conditions in which the adrenergic overdrive may be responsible for the increased of arrhythmogenic threshold. …
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Title
10.1 Sympathetic Responses to Ventricular Extrasystolic Beats in Obese Subjects without and with Sleep Apnoea
Authors
R. Dell’Oro
G. Seravalle
F. Quarti-Trevano
A. Rozzoni
M. Volpe
L. Magni
G. Grassi
G. Mancia
Publication date
01-07-2008
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention / Issue 3/2008
Print ISSN: 1120-9879
Electronic ISSN: 1179-1985
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03263702

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