Bradycardia induced by intravascular versus direct stimulation of the vagus nerve

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 637-642

  Thompson, Gregory W ^a   Levett, James M ^b   Miller, Scott M ^b   Hill, Michael R S ^b   Meffert, William G ^b   Kolata, Ronald J ^b   Clem, Michael F ^b   Murphy, David A ^a   Armour, J Andrew ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ETHICON INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; DOG; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SWINE; THORAX; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SWINE; VAGUS NERVE; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 18744436595     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01351-9     Document Type: Article

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