Mechanisms of Blunted Muscle Vasodilation During Peripheral Chemoreceptor Stimulation in Heart Failure Patients
Hypertension, 07/17/2012
de Nazare Nunes Alves MJ et al. – Muscle vasoconstriction in response to hypoxia in HF patients is attributed to exaggerated reflex sympathetic nerve activation and blunted endothelial function. The authors were unable to identify a role for oxidative stress in these studies.



