| Sympathetic-parasympathetic interaction in health and disease: abnormalities and relevance in heart failure. | |
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PMID: 20577900 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Sympathetic-parasympathetic interaction plays a major role in the evolution and outcome of many cardiovascular disorders. Nonetheless, a thorough understanding of this relationship and of its potential implications for prognosis and management still escapes many cardiologists. This article reviews the background of sympathetic-parasympathetic interactions focusing on the best direct evidence available, namely direct neural recordings of the activity of single vagal and sympathetic fibers directed to the heart. It examines indirect but highly reliable markers of this interaction as they can be studied in the clinical setting of ischemic heart disease and of heart failure, focusing primarily on the experimental and clinical studies of baroreflex sensitivity. It concludes by drawing inferences likely to lead to a novel approach to the management of heart failure, resulting from the knowledge gained about the vagal control of the heart and based on electrical vagal stimulation. |
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Peter J Schwartz; Gaetano M De Ferrari |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Heart failure reviews Volume: 16 ISSN: 1573-7322 ISO Abbreviation: Heart Fail Rev Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-01-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9612481 Medline TA: Heart Fail Rev Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 101-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, V.le Golgi, 19, 27100, Pavia, Italy, peter.schwartz@unipv.it. |
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