Role of Sympathetic Activity and Splanchnic Capacitance in Hypertension
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-08-01
Target enrollment:
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Summary
The purpose of this study is to better understand the role of the abdominal veins (splanchnic
capacitance) and the sympathetic nervous system in human hypertension. The investigators will
test the hypothesis that constriction of abdominal veins due to sympathetic activation
contributes to human hypertension. Splanchnic capacitance will be assessed in normotensive
and hypertensive subjects at baseline and during acute blockade of the autonomic nervous
system.