Healthcare and medicine

Nerve Regulation of the Heart

  1. Changing the AV Node Delay - Chronotropic Effect
  2. Changing the Heart Rate - Chronotropic Effect
  3. Increasing Ventricular Contractility - Inotropic effect
  4. Autonomic Nervous System Effects on the Heart
  5. Getting a New Heart

Autonomic Nervous System Effects on the Heart Carefully go through each of the four major effects that the sympathetic and parasympathetic system has on your heart: Chronotropy, Dromotropy, Inotropy, and Lusitropy. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.

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Autonomic Nervous System Effects on the Heart

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