Does brain death induce a pro-inflammatory response at the organ level in a porcine model?
In this porcine model, brain death induced a severe metabolic response in peripheral blood. At the organ level, however, there was no difference in the cytokine response between the groups.
Rapid atrial pacing induced DA and was associated with initiation of AF. Furthermore, induction of DA was suppressed by verapamil. Reducing the spatiotemporal repolarization heterogeneity may be how the calcium-channel blockade prevents initiation of AF.