… autonomic tone and responsiveness has a long time-course. At variance with what has been
observed after a first uncomplicated myocardial … results in patients with heart failure. In fact, …

… We characterized the sympatho-vagal balance and autonomic responsiveness of 42 patients
(21 with ischemic heart failure, 21 with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy). Patients had …

… of autonomic tone. Nevertheless, this is very different from the present discussion which deals
with HRV used as an indicator of autonomic responsiveness, ie … heart failure, ‘erratic’ heart …

… The cardiac autonomic nervous system consists of 2 branches, the sympathetic and the …
, thus leading to a reduction in cardiac β-AR density and responsiveness and resulting in …

… In chronic congestive heart failure (CHF), attenuated heart rate … of cardiac vagal tone
associated with depressed baroreflex sensitivity or affected cardiac sympathetic responsiveness in …

… of ventricular systolic function; and (2) human heart failure is characterized by rapidly
responsive … reflex modulation of MSNA, a cardiac sympathoexcitatory reflex related to increased …

… We studied a total of 70 patients with clinically stable heart failure, not enlisted for heart …
heart failure was ischemic cardiomyopathy in 36 patients and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy …

… SCS modulation/stabilization of autonomic responsiveness is reflected in cardioprotection.
SCS … coronary reserve [72]. SCS in a heart failure canine model was effective at reducing …

… responsiveness (or lack thereof) to pharmacologic and device therapy. … autonomic
neuropathy are generally excluded from protocols involving microneurography. Cardiac autonomic …

We conducted this study in an effort to characterize and understand vagal abnormalities in
heart failure patients whose sympathetic activity is known. We measured sympathetic (…