Vagus nerve stimulation as a method to temporarily slow or arrest the heart

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Matheny, Robert G ^a,b   Shaar, Carl J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SUTURING METHOD; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; NEOSTIGMINE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030745905     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00423-2     Document Type: Article

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