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Heart transplant and effects of exercise after the surgery

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If a heart transplant removes all the nerves to the myocardium, how does cardiac output and heart rate increase during exercise?

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Cardiac transplantation results in total cardiac denervation. Recent studies in humans suggest that reinnervation of cardiac sympathetic nerves (cardiac ...

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