Intravascular parasympathetic cardiac nerve stimulation prevents ventricular arrhythmias during acute myocardial ischemia

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 7076-7079

  Inagaki, M ^a   Kawada, T ^a   Lie, M ^a   Zheng, C ^a   Sunagawa, K ^b   Sugimachi, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basket catheter; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG THERAPY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

BASKET CATHETER; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

NEUROLOGY;

EID: 33846919163     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1616136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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