title: Diagnosis and management of baroreflex failure.
abstract: Baroreflex failure has a range of presentations, varying from the acute onset of a hypertensive crisis to a chronically volatile blood pressure and heart rate with hypertensive surges in response to stress, punctuated by periods of normal or even low blood pressure during rest. Differentiating this syndrome from other causes of labile hypertension is essential in devising effective treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017704:Baroreflex / Q000502:physiology*; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002346:Carotid Sinus / Q000502:physiology*; D003000:Clonidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007022:Hypotension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D003000:Clonidine