Chronic vagal stimulation in patients with congestive heart failure

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2037-2039

  De Ferrari, Gaetano M ^a   Sanzo, Antonio ^a,b   Schwartz, Peter J ^a,b,c,d  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DEFIBRILLATORS; HEART; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC HEART FAILURES; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURES; FURTHER TREATMENTS; IMPLANTABLE SYSTEM; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 77950975779     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334414     Document Type: Conference Paper

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