[Rilmenidine sympatholytic activity preserves mental and orthostatic sympathetic response and epinephrine secretion].

M. Esler; A. Lux; G. Jennings; J. Hastings; F. Socratous; G. Lambert

DOI:10.1016/s0195-668x(03)93701-8

Corpus ID: 20065250

[Rilmenidine sympatholytic activity preserves mental and orthostatic sympathetic response and epinephrine secretion].

@article{Esler2004RilmenidineSA,
  title={[Rilmenidine sympatholytic activity preserves mental and orthostatic sympathetic response and epinephrine secretion].},
  author={M. Esler and A. Lux and G. Jennings and J. Hastings and F. Socratous and G. Lambert},
  journal={Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux},
  year={2004},
  volume={97 7-8},
  pages={
          786-92
        }
}

M. Esler, A. Lux, +3 authors G. Lambert

Published 2004

Medicine

Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux

BACKGROUND Heightened central sympathetic nervous outflow is common in essential hypertension, contributing to hypertension development and perhaps also to complications. Acute sympathetic nervous activation is a proven trigger for adverse cardiovascular events. Accordingly, antihypertensive drugs inhibiting sympathetic outflow represent a theoretically attractive therapeutic option. OBJECTIVES To study the sympatholytic and blood pressure lowering activity of the imidazoline binding agent… CONTINUE READING

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