Excessive adiposity raises blood pressure and accounts for 65–75% of primary
hypertension, which is a major driver of cardiovascular and kidney diseases. In obesity …

Excess weight gain, especially when associated with increased visceral adiposity, is a major
cause of hypertension, accounting for 65% to 75% of the risk for human primary (essential) …

Document Reviewers: Luis Alcocer (Mexico), Christina Antza (Greece), Mustafa Arici
(Turkey), Eduardo Barbosa (Brazil), Adel Berbari (Lebanon), Luıs Bronze (Portugal), John …

Several articles have dealt with the importance and mechanisms of the sympathetic nervous
system alterations in experimental animal models of hypertension. This review addresses …

Physiological studies have long documented the key role played by the autonomic nervous
system in modulating cardiovascular functions and in controlling blood pressure values …

Hypertension is the most common modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and
death, and lowering blood pressure with antihypertensive drugs reduces target organ …

Hypertension is highly prevalent and one of the most frequent chronic diseases worldwide. 1
It has been suggested that over the next two decades up to 50% of the adult population will …

The issue of whether angiotensin II infusion increases renal sympathetic nerve activity was
clarified in studies in conscious rabbits consuming a high NaCl diet. 4 Using a low dose of …

An ablation catheter comprises a catheter body extending longitudinally between a proximal
end and a distal end along a longitudinal axis; and an ablation element assembly …

In the spontaneously hypertensive (SH) rat, hyperoxic inactivation of the carotid body (CB)
produces a rapid and pronounced fall in both arterial pressure and renal sympathetic nerve …