Effect of stellate ganglia stimulation on global and regional left ventricular function as assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Wei ^a   Yamakawa, Kentaro ^a   Benharash, Peyman ^a   Ajijola, Olujimi ^a   Ennis, Daniel ^b   Hadaya, Joseph ^a   Vaseghi, Marmar ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a,b   Mahajan, Aman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic regulation; Stellate ganglia; Sympathetic efferent; Twist

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE GANGLION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PERICARDIUM; ROTATION; STELLATE GANGLION; SUS SCROFA; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84878269268     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00695.2012     Document Type: Article

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