title: Baroreflex sensitivity in drug-treated systemic hypertension.
abstract: Baroreflex sensitivity is impaired in patients with systemic hypertension. The persistence of abnormal baroreflex sensitivity despite adequate blood pressure control may be one of the reasons why the effect of antihypertensive therapy on coronary artery disease mortality has been less than expected on the basis of the achieved blood pressure levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ylitalo
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Airaksinen
authors.forename: K U
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Tahvanainen
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Kuusela
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ikäheimo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rantala
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lilja
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Huikuri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017704:Baroreflex / Q000187:drug effects*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents