Cardiovascular adjustments to cold pressor test in postmenopausal women and the impact of α1-adrenergic blockade.
Eliza ProdelMaitê L GondimHelena N M RochaPedro A C MiraAntonio C L NobregaPublished in: Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society (2022)
In postmenopausal women, the cardiac ability to adjust to CPT is blunted and α1-adrenergic receptor stimulation is important for the increase in stroke volume. In addition, the peripheral effect of α1-adrenergic receptor stimulation seems to be increased in postmenopausal women.