Influences of bilateral endoscopic transthoracic sympathicotomy on cardiac autonomic nervous activity

Takeo Tedoriya, Satoru Sakagami, Takeshi Ueyama, Larry O. Thompson, Roland Hetzer

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery · 1999 · 25 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

The influences on the cardiac autonomic nerve system of the ETS of upper thoracic sympathetic nerve were seen to be of a lesser degree at rest. However, the response to sympathetic stimulation was suppressed after the surgery.

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