Management of angina pectoris: The role of spinal cord stimulation

American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-28

  Eckert, Siegfried ^a   Horstkotte, Dieter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; MOLSIDOMINE; NICORANDIL; NITRATE; NORADRENALIN; RENIN INHIBITOR;

ANGINA PECTORIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRODE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; PACEMAKER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 59349121173     PISSN: 11753277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00129784-200909010-00003     Document Type: Review

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