Affiliation:
1. Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, New York
Abstract
Effects of stimulation of the cardiac sympathetic nerves and intravenous administration of sympathomimetic amines on the multiple response or fibrillation threshold (VMRT) and on other properties of the dog ventricles were compared. Stimulation of the cardiac sympathetic nerves decreased the VMRT. Administration of sympathomimetic amines caused a brief decrease in the VMRT followed by a sustained increase. Temporal dispersion of recovery of excitability and the degree of ventricular vulnerability were closely related; the ventricle was more vulnerable to fibrillation when the dispersion was increased. The hyperkalemic effect of epinephrine was not responsible for the observed changes in ventricular vulnerability.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Physiology
Cited by
409 articles.
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