Cardiac hypertrophy in surgically denervated dogs with aortic stenosis.
Left ventricular cell hypertrophy in dogs with aortic stenosis was accelerated by surgical denervation of the left ventricle. We conclude that there are neural mechanisms which, when present, inhibit cardiac cell hypertrophy.
D000818:Animals; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004285:Dogs; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000294:innervation; D013562:Sympathectomy