Persistent Alterations of the Autonomic Nervous System after Noncardiac Surgery

• Main Authors: Amar, D., Fleisher, M., Pantuck, C. B., Shamoon, H., Zhang, H., Roistacher, N., Leung, Denis H. Y., Ginsburg, I., Smiley, R.M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1998
• Subjects: Econometrics; Medicine and Health Sciences
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/15
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Changes in the sympathetic nervous system may be a cause of postoperative cardiovascular complications. The authors hypothesized that changes in both ?-adrenergic receptor (?AR) function (as assessed in lymphocytes) and in sympathetic activity (assessed by plasma catecholamines and by heart rate var...