Population
anesthetized dogs
Design
Preclinical
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Differential autonomic effects in canines warrant caution before human application; leaves open targeted vagal-sympathetic therapies in cardiovascular disease.
In a canine model, vagal tone predominantly controls heart rate while sympathetic tone predominantly dictates ventricular mechanical performance.
Robert F. Rushmer (1958) studied this question.
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