Continuous low-level vagus nerve stimulation reduces stellate ganglion nerve activity and paroxysmal atrial tachyarrhythmias in ambulatory canines

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2204-2212

  Shen, Mark J ^a   Shinohara, Tetsuji ^a   Park, Hyung Wook ^a   Frick, Kyle ^a   Ice, Daniel S ^a   Choi, Eue Keun ^a   Han, Seongwook ^a   Maruyama, Mitsunori ^a   Sharma, Rahul ^a   Shen, Changyu ^b   Fishbein, Michael C ^e   Chen, Lan S ^c   Lopshire, John C ^a,d   Zipes, Douglas P ^a   Lin, Shien Fong ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a,f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Biostatistics   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; nervous system, autonomic; tachyarrhythmias; vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HEART; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 79958142534     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.018028     Document Type: Article

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