Electrical modalities beyond pacing for the treatment of heart failure

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-325

  Cornelussen, Richard N ^a,c   Splett, Vincent ^b   Klepfer, Ruth Nicholson ^b   Stegemann, Berthold ^a   Kornet, Lilian ^a   Prinzen, Frits W ^c  

^a MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CRDM   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Electro) Physiology; Contractility; Heart failure; Nervous system; Pacing

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; METOPROLOL; NORADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PACING; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INFARCT BORDERZONE PACING; NONEXCITATORY STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POST EXTRA SYSTOLIC POTENTIATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART CONTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VAGUS NERVE;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 80051767312     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-010-9206-2     Document Type: Review

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