Open AccessBaroreflex impairment and sudden death after myocardial infarction.
Author(s) -
Robert F. Rea,
J. B. Martins,
Allyn L. Mark
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.78.4.1072
Subject(s) - medicine , baroreflex , cardiology , myocardial infarction , blood pressure , sudden death , sudden cardiac death , heart rate
In the last 50 years, investigators have produced convincing evidence that sympathetic and parasympathetic mechanisms are important in predisposing the ischemic heart to malignant ventricular arrhythmias. 1-4 In this issue, Schwartz and his colleagues in Italy and Oklahoma present two studies5,6 that extend their previous investigations into the role of the autonomic nervous system in the pathogenesis of sudden cardiac death (SCD).
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