Bezold-Jarisch reflexis apnea followed by rapid breathing, hypotension, and bradycardia and is produced by the receptors located in the

Bezold-Jarisch reflex Apnea followed by rapid breathing, hypotension, and bradycardia (the coronary chemoreflex or Bezold-Jarisch reflex). Response is produced by receptors in the heart The receptors are probably C fiber endings, and the afferents are vagal. Its physiologic role is uncertain, but in patients with myocardial infarcts, substances released from the infarcted tissue may stimulate ventricular receptors, contributing to the hypotension that is not infrequently a stubborn complication of this disease.