Open AccessSeverely Impaired Cardiac Autonomic Nervous Activity After the Fontan Operation
Author(s) -
Hideo Ohuchi,
Satoshi Hasegawa,
Kenji Yasuda,
Osamu Yamada,
Yasuo Ono,
Shigeyuki Echigo
Publication year - 2001
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/hc3801.096326
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , fontan procedure , autonomic nervous system , heart rate , sympathetic nervous system , anesthesia , baroreflex , hemodynamics , heart disease , blood pressure
Elevated neurohumoral activity and an abnormal cardiopulmonary response to exercise are well-established characteristics in patients after the Fontan operation. However, there have been few studies addressing cardiac autonomic nervous activity (CANA) in these patients.
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