Vagus nerve stimulation: Invasive or noninvasive? | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由YAnfinogenova著作·2016·被引用3次—Functionalmagneticresonanceimagingstudydemonstratesthatthecentralprojectionsoftheauricularbranchofthevagusnerveareconsistentwiththe“​classical ...

Autonomic imbalance with heightened sympathetic activity and withdrawal of vagal activity is critical for development and progression of chronic heart failure (1, 2). Primary characteristics of autonomic function comprise heart rate and heart rate variability. Abnormalities in both of these domains are associated with higher morbidity both in general population and in cardiovascular patients (3, 4). Both resting heart rate and a number of indices derived from heart rate variability are dominated by vagal vs. sympathetic tone, as the effects of muscarinic blockade are more significant than b-adrenergic blockade (5).

In this issue, Akdemir et al. (6) reviewed reports on the development of clinical vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for cardiac applications. The article entitled “Vagus nerve stimulation: An evolving adjunctive treatment for cardiac disease” focuses on VNS for cardiac arrhythmi...