Beneficial effects of chronic low-frequency stimulation of thigh muscles in patients with advanced chronic heart failure

European Heart Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-143

  Nuhr, Martin J ^a   Pette, Dirk ^c   Berger, Rudolf ^b   Quittan, Michael ^a   Crevenna, Richard ^a   Huelsman, Martin ^b   Wiesinger, Guenther F ^a   Moser, Petra ^b   Fialka Moser, Veronika ^a   Pacher, Richard ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Exercise; Heart failure; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; DOBUTAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH; WORKLOAD;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; THIGH;

EID: 9144238058     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehj.2003.09.027     Document Type: Article

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