Sinus node function after cardiac surgery: is impairment specific for the maze procedure?
Thus, attenuation of HRV and vagal modulation of sinus node function are not confined to maze surgery but also apply to isolated mitral valve surgery. Atrial incision therefore appears to be crucial and presumably produces autonomic nervous damage followed by partial reinnervation. Nevertheless, cardiac surgery in general seems initially to impair sinus node function with partial recovery in the consecutive 12 months.
Ang-2 acts as modulator of eEOCs in AKI. The migration analysis indicates that the Ang-2 significantly alters indirect (paracrine) activity of eEOCs, thus promoting renoprotection in a dose-dependent manner.