slow the heart rate and lower the blood pressure in a similar way to those of the ‘hypersensitive’ carotid sinus. The blood pumped from heart to brain passes through two major sets of arteries ...

Carotid-cavernous sinus fistulae are rare ... arterial and venous collateral vessels (Larsen et al., l999). Elevated pressure in veins draining the orbit can produce pulsatile tinnitus and ...

The Bainbridge reflex acts in opposition to the carotid baroreceptor reflex which increases heart rate when the stretch is decreased in states of hypotension or hypovolemia. Sinus arrhythmia may ...