Table 1.

Hemodynamic parameters in patients with cardiac sympathetic denervation (DEN), normal cardiac innervation (INN) and healthy controls (CON) at baseline and during i.v. infusion of tyramine (TYR).

	DEN (n=13)		INN (n=15)		CON (n=5)
	Baseline	TYR	Baseline	TYR	Baseline	TYR
HR (bpm)	68.8±3.3	70±4.1	73.5±2.6	71.2±3.2	61±5	55±3.9
SV (mL)	76.2±5.6	82.6±6.0	78.3±4.3	87.8±3.3	82.2±9.2	98±11.2
CO (L/min)	5.14±0.4	5.65±0.4	5.70±0.3	6.23±0.4	4.87±0.36	5.3±0.55
PEP (ms)	104±6.9	94±7.9*	99.4±6.9	71.8±5.8†	113±3.5	86±6.6
LVET (ms)	316±7.0	324±5.6	300±6.4	317±7.5	314±10	349±18
LVETI (ms)	433±8.7	4436.9	431±7.3	443±8.7	417±3	442±14
VI (cm/s)	35.9±3.2	40.0±3.5	32.9±1.9	41.0±3.6	35.4±4.8	40±5.5
ACI (cm/s)	61.4±6.4	70.4±7.6	56.3±5.6	68.1±7.6	61±11	77.2±12
BRG (ms/mm Hg)	0.86±0.1	-	1.51±0.5	-	6.1±1.2	-

^*p<0.05, DEN vs. INN

^†p<0.05, DEN vs. INN for change from baseline

Abbreviations: heart rate (HR), stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), preejection period (PEP), left ventricular ejection time (LVET), left ventricular ejection time index (LVETI), velocity index (VI), acceleration index (ACI), baroreflex gain (BRG)