Age- and sex-dependent changes in sympathetic activity of the left ventricular apex assessed by 18F-DOPA PET imaging.

Age- and sex-dependent changes in sympathetic activity of the left ventricular apex assessed by 18F-DOPA PET imaging.

BACKGROUND:Sexual dimorphism in cardiac sympathetic outflow has recently gained attention in the context of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Previous studies suggest that there are sex- and age-dependent differences in peripheral autonomic control, however, data on cardiac-specific sympathetic activation i...

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Main Authors: Irene A Burger, Christine Lohmann, Michael Messerli, Susan Bengs, Anton Becker, Monika Maredziak, Valerie Treyer, Ahmed Haider, Moritz Schwyzer, Dominik C Benz, Ken Kudura, Michael Fiechter, Andreas A Giannopoulos, Tobias A Fuchs, Christoph Gräni, Aju P Pazhenkottil, Oliver Gaemperli, Ronny R Buechel, Philipp A Kaufmann, Catherine Gebhard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6091960?pdf=render

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