Autonomic regulation therapy via left or right cervical vagus nerve stimulation in patients with chronic heart failure: Results of the ANTHEM-HF trial

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 808-816

  Premchand, Rajendra K ^a   Sharma, Kamal ^b   Mittal, Sanjay ^c   Monteiro, Rufino ^d   Dixit, Satyajit ^b   Libbus, Imad ^e   Dicarlo, Lorenzo A ^f   Ardell, Jeffrey L ^g   Rector, Thomas S ^h   Amurthur, Badri ^e   Kenknight, Bruce H ^e   Anand, Inder S ^h  

^a KRISHNA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Sanjivani Super Speciality Hospital   (India)

^c Gurgaon   (India)

^d Vintage Hospital and Medical Research Centre   (India)

^e Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

^f Biodev   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic regulation therapy; Heart failure; nonpharmacologic therapy; vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC REGULATION THERAPY; BODY SURFACE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPHONIA; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICULAR END SYSTOLIC DIAMETER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OROPHARYNX PAIN; PULSE GENERATOR; PULSE RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TITRIMETRY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOICE CHANGE; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84908373096     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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