THE INFLUENCE OF THE PERICARDIUM ON ACUTE CARDIAC DILATATION PRODUCED BY VAGAL STIMULATION
- 1 July 1930
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content
- Vol. 94 (1), 162-164
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1930.94.1.162
Abstract
Experiments on 10 barbitalized dogs indicate that animals with the pericardium incised show a greater cardiac dilatation when the vagus is stimulated to cause cardiac standstill than do animals with the pericardium intact. The pericardium restrains excessive cardiac dilatation caused by vagal stimulation, which is further evidence for the protective action of the pericardium in conditions of extreme stress on the heart.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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