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Patients operated on at \u226455 days of age showed positive MIBG uptake much more frequently than those operated on at later ages. Heart rate and rate-pressure product at peak exercise on a treadmill exercise test were significantly greater in patients with positive uptake than in those with absent uptake of MIBG.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>\u2014Cardiac sympathetic nerves were denervated early after and reinnervated late after ASO. 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