Large Dams in Asia

Abstract

This article discusses the clinical application and potentiality of a relatively new methodology, which in large part uses noninvasive recordings and appears to provide a quantitative evaluation of the sympathovagal interaction modulating cardiovascular function. As a result of this methodology, pathophysiological conditions of paramount importance, such as arterial hypertension, myocardial ischemia, sudden cardiac death, and heart failure, for which the promoting or aggravating role of neural factors is still largely unknown, might soon undergo a novel scrutiny with practical implications.