Augmentation of left ventricular contractility by cardiac sympathetic neural stimulation

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1286-1294

  Meyer, Christian ^a   Rana, Obaida R ^a   Saygili, Erol ^a   Gemein, Christopher ^a   Becker, Michael ^a   Nolte, Kay W ^a   Weis, Joachim ^a   Schimpf, Thomas ^a   Knackstedt, Christian ^a   Mischke, Karl ^a   Hoffmann, Rainer ^a   Kelm, Malte ^a   Pauza, Dainius ^b   Schauerte, Patrick ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Contractility; Coronary disease; Heart failure; Nervous system, sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ESMOLOL; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; HEART VENTRICLES; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SHEEP; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77949837775     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.874263     Document Type: Article

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