title: A neural mechanism for sudden death after myocardial infarction.
abstract: By monitoring efferent cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (CSNA) directly in a conscious animal we observed, for the first time, that ventricular fibrillation (VF) following myocardial infarction (MI) was preceded by a paroxysm of CSNA which was not baroreflexmodulated. This observation has potential therapeutic implications.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Jardine
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: M D E
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Forrester
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Whitehead
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Nicholls
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000294:innervation*; D006339:Heart Rate; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012756:Sheep; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*