Increased Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Pulmonary Artery Hypertension - Velez-Roa, Sonia; Ciarka, Agnieszka; Najem, Boutaina; Vachiery, Jean-Luc; Naeije, Robert; van de Borne, Philippe (Circulation (New York, N.Y.), 2004)
Keywords: Calcium Channel Blockers - therapeutic use; Cardiac Catheterization; Cardiac Output, Low - etiology; Catecholamines - blood; Chemoreceptor Cells - drug effects; Chemoreceptor Cells - physiology; Cross-Over Studies; Diuretics - therapeutic use; Double-Blind Method; Dyspnea - etiology; Exercise Tolerance; Female; Heart Rate - drug effects; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary - blood; Hypertension, Pulmonary - drug therapy; Hypertension, Pulmonary - physiopathology; Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular - diagnostic imaging; Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular - etiology; Male; Middle Aged; Oximetry; Oxygen - blood; Pericardial Effusion - etiology; Peroneal Nerve - physiopathology; Prostaglandins I - adverse effects; Prostaglandins I - therapeutic use; Severity of Illness Index; Single-Blind Method; Sympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic - physiopathology; Sympathetic Nervous System - physiopathology; Ultrasonography