Transvenous parasympathetic cardiac nerve stimulation: An approach for stable sinus rate control

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1517-1524

  Schauerte, Patrick N ^a   Scherlag, Benjamin J ^a,b   Scherlag, Michael A ^a   Goli, Sunil ^a   Jackman, Warren ^a   Lazzara, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Electrode basket catheter; Heart rate; Neural stimulation; Superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; ISOPRENALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

EID: 0032732648     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00210.x     Document Type: Article

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