Central Angiotensin Type 1 Receptor Blockade Decreases Cardiac But Not Renal Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Heart Failure

Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity: understanding normal control and the causes of the increase in heart failure

Heart failure is a condition in which the heart muscle becomes weak and is unable to pump sufficient blood around the body to provide adequa..

NHMRC Research Fellowship 2009 - MAY

I am a cardiovascular physiologist investigating the origin of the large increases in cardiac and renal sympathetic nerve activity in heart ..

Why is sympathetic nerve activity to the heart increased in heart failure?

Heart failure is a disabling and deadly syndrome that has reached epidemic proportions in western populations. In heart failure, the activit..