Neural Unloading using Intravenous Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Improves Cardiac Function and Prevents Heart Failure in the Long Term

Authors :: Takuya Kishi
Takuya Akashi
Tomomi Ide
Takako Takehara
Takuya Nishikawa
Takeshi Toyama
Takahiro Arimura
Yoshinori Murayama
Kenji Sunagawa
Keita Saku
Takamori Kakino
Source :: The FASEB Journal. 29
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Wiley, 2015.
Abstract: Background: Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) in AMI is known to have a powerful anti-ischemic effect, but the technical difficulties associated with VNS limit its application under emergency settings....

Subjects :: Cardiac function curve
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Vagal nerve
Stimulation
medicine.disease
Biochemistry
Heart failure
Internal medicine
Genetics
medicine
Cardiology
Myocardial infarction
business
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology

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