Vascular compression of the rostral ventrolateral medulla: a relevant indicator of sympathetically driven blood pressure variability?

Markus P Schlaich^{1

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3}, Janis M Nolde¹, Revathy Carnagarin¹, Luca I Schlaich¹, Marcio G Kiuchi¹

Affiliations

¹ Dobney Hypertension Centre, School of Medicine - Royal Perth Hospital Unit/Medical Research Foundation, University of Western Australia, Western Australia.
² Departments of Cardiology and Nephrology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth.
³ Neurovascular Hypertension & Kidney Disease Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

Editorial

Markus P Schlaich et al. J Hypertens. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;38(12):2380-2381.

doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002646.

Markus P Schlaich^{1

2

3}, Janis M Nolde¹, Revathy Carnagarin¹, Luca I Schlaich¹, Marcio G Kiuchi¹

¹ Dobney Hypertension Centre, School of Medicine - Royal Perth Hospital Unit/Medical Research Foundation, University of Western Australia, Western Australia.
² Departments of Cardiology and Nephrology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth.
³ Neurovascular Hypertension & Kidney Disease Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

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Comment on

Effects of vascular compression on the rostral ventrolateral medulla for blood pressure variability in stroke patients.
Nezu T, Hosomi N, Kuzume D, Naito H, Aoki S, Morimoto Y, Kinboshi M, Shiga Y, Kinoshita N, Ueno H, Maruyama H. Nezu T, et al. J Hypertens. 2020 Dec;38(12):2443-2450. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002575. J Hypertens. 2020. PMID: 32740401

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