TY - JOUR
T1 - Electrical modalities beyond pacing for the treatment of heart failure.
AU - Cornelussen, RN
AU - Splett, V
AU - Klepfer, RN
AU - Stegemann, B
AU - Kornet, L
AU - Prinzen, FW
N1 - This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - In this review, we report on electrical modalities, which do not fit the definition of pacemaker, but increase cardiac performance either by direct application to the heart (e.g., post-extrasystolic potentiation or non-excitatory stimulation) or indirectly through activation of the nervous system (e.g., vagal or sympathetic activation). The physiological background of the possible mechanisms of these electrical modalities and their potential application to treat heart failure are discussed.
AB - In this review, we report on electrical modalities, which do not fit the definition of pacemaker, but increase cardiac performance either by direct application to the heart (e.g., post-extrasystolic potentiation or non-excitatory stimulation) or indirectly through activation of the nervous system (e.g., vagal or sympathetic activation). The physiological background of the possible mechanisms of these electrical modalities and their potential application to treat heart failure are discussed.
UR - http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21104313
UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10741-010-9206-2
U2 - 10.1007/s10741-010-9206-2
DO - 10.1007/s10741-010-9206-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 21104313
SN - 1382-4147
VL - 16
SP - 315
EP - 325
JO - Heart Failure Reviews
JF - Heart Failure Reviews
IS - 3
ER -