Evidence of a Selective Increase in Cardiac Sympathetic Activity in Patients with Sustained Ventricular Arrhythmias
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- 29 August 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 325 (9), 618-624
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199108293250905
Abstract
Although enhanced efferent cardiac sympathetic nervous activity has been proposed as an important factor in the genesis of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, direct clinical evidence has been lacking.Keywords
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