Diabetes, Vol 25, Issue 9 748-751, Copyright © 1976 by American Diabetes Association
Total cardiac denervation in diabetic autonomic neuropathy
RH Lloyd-Mostyn and PJ Watkins
Total loss of the autonomic regulation of heart rate is described in a
28-year-old diabetic with extensive autonomic neuropathy. The patient had
an almost fixed heart rate that barely responded to any of the tests that
stimulate or inhibit the autonomic nerves. Its behavior was similar to that
of the transplanted heart.