Carotid Baroreceptor Magnetic Activation and Beat-to-Beat Blood Pressure Variability, Implications to Treat Abrupt Blood Pressure Elevation in Labile Hypertension.

Mounting evidence suggests enhanced blood pressure (BP) variability (BPV) independent role in cardiovascular (CV) damage. The goal was to estimate the effect of the carotid baroreceptor (CB) magnetic stimulation on sudden high BP elevation. Mean femoral arterial BP (MAP), heart rate (HR), baroreflex sensitivity (BRS), and ear lobe skin microcirculatory blood flow, by microphotoelectric plethysmography (MPPG), were simultaneously recorded in conscious rabbits sedated by pentobarbital intravenous (i.

Static Magnetic Field Versus Systemic Calcium Channel Blockade Effect on Microcirculation: Possible Mechanisms and Clinical Implementation.

The goal was to compare static magnetic field (SMF, generated by Nd -Fe -B magnets) vasodilator capacity with verapamil (VER, a potent, clinically verified Ca channel-blocking agent), aimed to assess SMF implementation in conditions with vascular ischemia. Skin microcirculatory blood flow measured by microphotoelectric plethysmogram was recorded in conscious rabbits after 40 min of 0.25 T SMF regional exposure to ear microvascular net (SMF-Vas, n = 20), or 0.

Baroreceptor stimulation enhanced nitric oxide vasodilator responsiveness, a new aspect of baroreflex physiology.

Objective: Increasing evidence suggests that endothelial nitric oxide (NO) deficit and baroreflex dysfunction are associated with a variety of cardiovascular conditions, ranging from arterial hypertension to stroke and coronary heart disease, importantly appearing even in preclinical stages of the disease. To test the hypothesis that the arterial baroreflex has a modulatory effect on NO-dependent vasodilation, sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a spontaneous NO-donor, vasodilatory effect was studied in conjunction with sinocarotid baroreceptor magnetic stimulation and potential implementation in NO deficiency states.

Methods: Mean femoral artery blood pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR) and ear lobe skin microcirculatory blood flow, measured by a microphotoelectric plethysmogram (MPPG), were simultaneously recorded in conscious rabbits before and after 40-min sinocarotid baroreceptor exposure to 350 mT static magnetic field (SMF), generated by Nd2-Fe4-B alloy (n=8) or sham magnets (n=8, controls).