FT Chronic electrical stimulation during the absolute refractory period of the myocardium improves severe heart failure

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 650-655

  Stix, Guenter ^a   Borggrefe, Martin ^b   Wolpert, Christian ^b   Hindricks, Gerhard ^c   Kottkamp, Hans ^c   Böcker, Dirk ^d   Wichter, Thomas ^d   Mika, Yuval ^e   Ben Haim, Shlomo ^e   Burkhoff, Daniel ^f   Wolzt, Michael ^a   Schmidinger, Herwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute refractory period; Electrical stimulation; Heart failure; Systolic function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NONEXCITATORY ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342617618     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2004.02.027     Document Type: Article

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