Central Sympathetic Activation and Arrhythmogenesis during Acute Myocardial Infarction: Modulating Effects of Endothelin-B Receptors.

"Conflict of Interest Statement The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest."

"We thank Maria-Eleni Baibaki, Eleftheria Karampela, Nikolaos Psychalakis, Kalliopi Tsarea, Maria Karamperi, and Antonios Karaiskos, for their valuable help during the experiments. The meticulous animal-care by Stergios Gerakis and Evripidis Gerakis is gratefully acknowledged. Eleni Goga, M.Sc., efficiently coordinated this project. We are indebted to Experimental Research Center ELPEN for providing research scholarships to MK and EB. Funding : This study was funded, in part, by a grant from the Hellenic Society of Cardiology (2013-HCS-grants)."