Transvenous vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) markedly reduces the infarction size and improves chronic cardiac function (LB670)

Authors :: Kana Fujii
Masataka Ikeda
Akiko Nishizaki
Takuya Akashi
Takahiro Arimura
Kenji Sunagawa
Takuya Kishi
Yasuhiro Oga
Takako Takehara
Tomomi Ide
Takamori Kakino
Keita Saku
Source :: The FASEB Journal. 28
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Wiley, 2014.
Abstract: Background: Although VNS is known to have a powerful anti-infarct effect, the technical difficulty associated with VNS precludes its application under emergent settings of AMI. We developed a novel...

Subjects :: Cardiac function curve
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Vagal nerve
Infarction
Stimulation
medicine.disease
Biochemistry
Internal medicine
Anesthesia
Genetics
medicine
Cardiology
cardiovascular diseases
Myocardial infarction
business
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology

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