Relevance of the Carotid Body Chemoreflex in the Progression of Heart Failure

Table 1

Incidence of autonomic imbalance, breathing disorders and carotid body chemoreflex potentiation in experimental CHF.

	Autonomic imbalance	Breathing disorders	Altered CB chemoreflex	References
MI-CHF	•	•	•	[13]
RP-CHF	•	•	•	[35]
AB-CHF	•	—	—	[39]
G-CHF	•	•	•	[41]
ACS-CHF	•	—	—	[44]

•: described in the literature; —: not described in the literature. MI-CHF: myocardial infarct chronic heart failure; RP-CHF: rapid pacing chronic heart failure; AB-CHF: aortic banding chronic heart failure; G-CHF: genetic chronic heart failure; ACS-CHF: aortocaval shunt chronic heart failure.