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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2012 Feb 13;59(4):755–762. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.186833

Figure 2.

Figure 2

The triangle reflects the convergence of the neural and immunological mechanisms in cardiovascular disease. It can be either a “Death Triangle” with excessive sympathetic and RAAS activities that enhance the inflammatory immune response and increase mortality, or a “Survival Triangle” with enhanced parasympathetic activity which has been shown to suppress the inflammatory immune response and prolong survival.