Extent of Cardiac Sympathetic Neuronal Damage Is Determined by the Area of Ischemia in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
- 6 June 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 101 (22) , 2579-2585
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.101.22.2579
Abstract
Background—Prior studies have demonstrated that acute ischemic injury causes sympathetic neuronal damage exceeding the area of necrosis. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that sympat...Keywords
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