Acute electromyostimulation decreases muscle sympathetic nerve activity in patients with advanced chronic heart failure (EMSICA study)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Labrunée, Marc ^a,b,c   Despas, Fabien ^a,b,c   Marque, Philippe ^b,c   Guiraud, Thibaut ^a,d   Galinier, Michel ^b,c   Senard, Jean Michel ^a,b,c   Pathak, Atul ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Center   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC DEVICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GENERAL DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTROSTIMULATION; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84896738200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079438     Document Type: Article

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