Imidazoline receptors in the heart: a novel target and a novel mechanism of action that involves atrial natriuretic peptides
Chronic stimulation of sympathetic nervous activity contributes to the development and maintenance of hypertension, leading to left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), arrhythmias and cardiac death. Moxonidine, an imidazoline antihypertensive compound that preferentially activates imidazoline receptors i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2004-08-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004000800015 |