Lead design and initial applications of a new lead for long-term endovascular vagal stimulation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Nabutovsky, Yelena ^a   Florio, Joseph ^a   Morgan, Kevin ^a   Grill, Warren M ^b   Farazi, Taraneh G ^a  

^a ST JUDE MEDICAL   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronotropy; Dromotropy; Implantable cardiac device; Parasympathetic activity; Vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; COIL ELECTRODE; DOG; ELECTRODE; HEART RATE; METAL IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PULSE GENERATOR; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART RATE; VAGUS NERVE; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 33846330191     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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