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Autonomic Mechanisms in Cardiac Rhythm and Arrhythmias

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Antiarrhythmic Drugs

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology ((HEP,volume 89))

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Our purpose in this chapter is to review the cellular electrophysiologic effects of autonomic stimulation, and to demonstrate its complexity in two ways: by describing the changes in cardiac autonomic interactions that occur with growth and development, and by describing how autonomic mediators modulate cardiac arrhythmias.

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Spinelli, W., Rosen, M.R. (1989). Autonomic Mechanisms in Cardiac Rhythm and Arrhythmias. In: Vaughan Williams, E.M. (eds) Antiarrhythmic Drugs. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 89. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73666-7_30

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