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Neth Heart J. 2004 Nov;12(11):497-503.

The Phantom in our opera - or the hidden ways of the autonomic nervous system in cardiac patients.

Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation

C van Tellingen

PMID: 25696275 PMCID: PMC2497415

Abstract

The role of the autonomic nervous system in the understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms in a variety of cardiovascular clinico-pathological conditions is highlighted from a clinician's point of view with the focus on coronary mimicry, enhanced sympathetic tone and syndrome X. A unique case is presented where sinus node dysfunction in pandysautonomia seemed to be an early sign of hypothalamic glioblastoma. In addition, relevant literature on this topic is addressed to put distinct clinical patterns into a broader perspective.

Keywords: cardiac dysautonomia; glioblastoma; syndrome X

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