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A great deal of information exists regarding the influence of the autonomic nervous system on the electrical properties of the myocardium and on the genesis of a variety of cardiac arrhythmias. The purpose of this presentation is not to review this vast literature, but to present new information we have developed over the past several years. Specifically, in this manuscript, we will discuss the effects of the autonomic nervous system on recovery properties in the endocardium and the epicardium of the canine left ventricle (1, 2); the effects of the autonomic nervous system on myocardial activation during acute myocardial ischemia in the dog (3); and new models in which to study the effects of ischemia, including vascularized hamster cardiac allographs (4); and rodent myocardium damaged by epinephrine (5).
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Zipes, D.P., Gilmour, R.F., Martins, J.B., Ruffy, R. (1980). Autonomic Nervous System and Sudden Death. In: Kulbertus, H.E., Wellens, H.J.J. (eds) Sudden Death. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8834-7_9
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