Previously, alveolar liquid clearance (ALC) was observed to increase in a canine model of neurogenic pulmonary edema (NPE) by adrenal epinephrine (S. M. Lane, K. C. Maender, N. E. Awender, and M. B. Maron. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 158:
Intense activation of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) decreases the contractile state of the rabbit left ventricle (LV). In this study, we determined the time course of LV dysfunction after massive central activation of the SNS in dogs.…