Chronic electrical stimulation of the carotid sinus baroreflex improves left ventricular function and promotes reversal of ventricular remodeling in dogs with advanced heart failure

Circulation: Heart Failure

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-70

  Sabbah, Hani N ^a   Gupta, Ramesh C ^a   Imai, Makoto ^a   Irvin, Eric D ^b   Rastogi, Sharad ^a   Rossing, Martin A ^c   Kieval, Robert S ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CVRX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreflex function; Gene expression; Heart failure; Ventricular remodeling

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MICROEMBOLISM; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAROTID SINUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; CAROTID SINUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79952260773     PISSN: 19413289     EISSN: 19413297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.110.955013     Document Type: Article

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