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Complex autonomic modulation of ventricular electrophysiology may exert prognostic arrhythmic impact, but the effects of sympatho-vagal interaction and beta-blockade on ventricular electrophysiology remained to be examined.
In an isolated rabbit heart model, sympathetic effects prevail over vagal effects on ventricular electrophysiology during concurrent stimulation, and metoprolol provides additional anti-fibrillatory effects beyond simple adrenergic blockade.
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May modulate ventricular arrhythmia thresholds via dual autonomic stimulation; leaves open clinical translation from isolated rabbit models.
Chin et al. (2020) studied this question.
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