2007
Effect of acetylcholinesterase inhibition with pyridostigmine on cardiac parasympathetic function in sedentary adults and trained athletes
Dewland TA, Androne AS, Lee FA, Lampert RJ, Katz SD. Effect of acetylcholinesterase inhibition with pyridostigmine on cardiac parasympathetic function in sedentary adults and trained athletes. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2007, 293: h86-h92. PMID: 17322413, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01339.2006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart rate recoveryPostexercise heart rate recoveryCardiac parasympathetic functionCardiac parasympathetic toneHeart rate variabilityRate recoveryParasympathetic toneSedentary adultsFrequency domain indicesHeart rateParasympathetic functionRate variabilityParasympathetic regulationSingle oral doseCardiac parasympathetic regulationExercise trainingCrossover trialOral doseParasympathetic pathwaysSedentary subjectsPyridostigmineHuman studiesPlaceboEfferent signalsAcetylcholinesterase inhibitors
2001
Day-to-day reproducibility of mental stress-induced abnormal left ventricular function response in patients with coronary artery disease and its relationship to autonomic activation
Jain D, Joska T, Lee F, Burg M, Lampert R, Zaret B. Day-to-day reproducibility of mental stress-induced abnormal left ventricular function response in patients with coronary artery disease and its relationship to autonomic activation. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2001, 8: 347-355. PMID: 11391305, DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2001.113517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseSystolic blood pressureLV ejection fractionLV dysfunctionRate-pressure productBlood pressureAnger recallMS taskHeart rate variabilityAutonomic activationLVEF responseArtery diseaseMental stressSympathetic activationHeart rateSymptomatic coronary artery diseaseRate variabilityAbnormal LVEF responseVentricular function responseChronic stable anginaExercise-induced ischemiaLeft ventricular dysfunctionAdverse prognostic signLF/HFCardiac medications