Absence of parasympathetic control of heart rate after human orthotopic cardiac transplantation

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3492-3498

  Arrowood, James A ^a   Minisi, Anthony J ^a,b   Goudreau, Evelyne ^a   Davis, Annette B ^a   King, Anne L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Neurology Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Nervous system, autonomic; Reflex; Transplantation; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART NERVE; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030775326     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.10.3492     Document Type: Article

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