Multifunctional implantable nerve stimulator for cardiac assistance by skeletal muscle

Artificial Organs

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 352-359

  Lanmüller, Hermann ^a,b   Sauermann, Stefan ^a   Unger, Ewald ^a   Schnetz, Guntram ^a   Mayr, Winfried ^a   Bijak, Manfred ^a   Girsch, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac assistance; Carousel stimulation; Implantable multichannel stimulator; Optimized pulse trains; Sequential stimulation; Stimulation device

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; MUSCLE;

CARDIAC ASSISTANCE; CAROUSEL STIMULATION; HEART FUNCTION; IMPLANTABLE MULTICHANNEL STIMULATOR; MULTI CHANNEL; OPTIMIZED PULSE TRAIN; PULSE TRAIN; SEQUENTIAL STIMULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULATION DEVICES;

HEART;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0032901715     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06258.x     Document Type: Article

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