The autonomic nervous system plays an important role in the modulation of cardiac
electrophysiology and arrhythmogenesis. Decades of research has contributed to a better …

The concept of a “polypill” is receiving growing attention to prevent cardiovascular disease.
Yet similar if not overall higher benefits are achievable with regular exercise, a drug-free …

Afferent and efferent cardiac neurotransmission via the cardiac nerves intricately modulates
nearly all physiological functions of the heart (chronotropy, dromotropy, lusitropy, and …

Heart rate variability (HRV), the beat-to-beat variation in either heart rate or the duration of
the R–R interval–the heart period, has become a popular clinical and investigational tool …

Background Experimental evidence suggests that autonomic markers such as heart-rate
variability and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) may contribute to post-infarction risk stratification …

The autonomic nervous system regulates all aspects of normal cardiac function, and is
recognized to play a critical role in the pathophysiology of many cardiovascular diseases. As …

This article reviews the burgeoning literature on the relationship of mood disorders and
heart disease. Major depression and depressive symptoms, although commonly …

The members of the Task Force on Sudden Death dedicate this paper to the memory of our
former friend and colleague, Professor Ronald WF Campbell. Ronnie spent his life working …

Alterations of the baroreceptor‐heart rate reflex (baroreflex sensitivity, BRS) contribute to the
reciprocal reduction of parasympathetic activity and increase of sympathetic activity that …

The interest for the antifibrillatory effect of vagal stimulation has been largely limited by the
fact that this concept seemed restricted to acute experiments in anesthetized animals. To …