Sunday, July 19, 2009

reduces the amount of adrenaline

Cervical sympathectomy
A form of surgery that is useful for some people with LQTS. It reduces the
amount of adrenaline and its by-products produced and delivered to the heart by certain nerves (the left cervical ganglia). It involves operating on the left neck and removing or blocking these nerves

http://www.sads.org.uk/technical_terms.htm