Published in:
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
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Issue 3/2008
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Excerpt
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. …