Heart rate turbulence phenomenon and metoprolol intervention effect in patients with essential hyper-tension / 心血管康复医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Heart rate turbulence (HRT)can Well reflect autonomic function.There usually exist different degrees of autonomic impairment in patients With hypertension.As a selectiveβ1 receptor blocker,metoprolol can not only de-crease patients' blood pressure,but also inhibit sympathetic activity,improve vagal activity and HRT in these pa-tients.This article made folloWing overvieW on HRT phenomenon and metoprolol intervention effect in patients With hypertension.