Published in Mental Health Law Weekly, July 15th, 2006
According to a study from Norway, "Increased sympathetic activity may be an underlying mechanism in cardiovascular disease. It has been hypothesized that the degree of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy is partly related to the blood pressure level, and partly to neurohormonal factors."
Ullevaal University Hospital researchers A.H. Strand and colleagues wrote, "The aim of this study was to investigate predictors of LV mass, including arterial plasma noradrenaline as an index of sympathetic activity,...
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