ABC | Volume 113, Nº3, September 2019

Original Article Imani et al. Sympathetic nervous system and cardioprotection Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 113(3):401-408 350 250 150 50 0 300 200 100 IR St + IR Groups HR (beat/min) Symp + IR Symp + St + IR End of Baseline End of Ischemia End of Reperfusion ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Figure 2 – Heart rate (HR) at the end of baseline, ischemia and reperfusion periods. IR: Ischemia/reperfusion; St: Physical stress; Symp: Symapathectomy. ** p < 0.01 vs. baseline phase within the same group. 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 * * && && RPP LVDP RPP and LVDP (% baseline) IR St + IR Groups Symp + IR Symp + St + IR Figure 3 – Left Ventricular Developed Pressure (LVDP) and rate product pressure (RPP) at the end of reperfusion period. IR: Ischemia/reperfusion; St: Physical stress; Symp: Symapathectomy. * p < 0.05 compared to IR, && p < 0.01 compared to St + IR. 404