Human Baroreflexes in Health and Disease

The function of the cardiovascular system has to be monitored and adjusted constantly to respond to the abrupt changes in arterial blood pressure that occur in everyday life, as a consequence of exercise, for example. The baroreflexes are one of the most important of the control mechanisms involved. This is the first book devoted to human baroreflexes, and it places the most recent understanding of human physiology solidly in the context of knowledge derived from animals. It deals comprehensively with baroreflex involvement in human diseases, including high blood pressure, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death.