Beneficial and Adverse Effects of Electro-acupuncture Assessed in the Canine Chronic Atrio-ventricular Block Model Having Severe Hypertension and Chronic Heart Failure

• Published in: Acupuncture & electro-therapeutics research Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 87 - 99
• Main Authors: Cao, Xin, Lu, Shengfeng, Ohara, Hiroshi, Nakamura, Yuji, Izumi-Nakaseko, Hiroko, Ando, Kentaro, Zhu, Bingmei, Xu, Bin, Sugiyama, Atsushi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Cognizant Communication Corporation 01.01.2015; SAGE Publications
• Subjects: Acupuncture; Acupuncture Points; Animals; Atrio-Ventricular Block; Atrioventricular Block - complications; Atrioventricular Block - physiopathology; Atrioventricular Block - therapy; Blood Pressure; Cardiac Output; Chronic Disease - therapy; Disease Models, Animal; Dogs; Electro-Acupuncture; Electroacupuncture; Electroacupuncture - adverse effects; Electrocardiogram; Female; Heart failure; Heart Failure - complications; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Heart Failure - therapy; Heart Rate; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - complications; Hypertension - physiopathology; Hypertension - therapy; Male; Safety Assessment; Severe Hypertension; Vascular Resistance; Blood Pressure; Heart Rate; Atrio-Ventricular Block; Severe Hypertension; Safety Assessment; Electrocardiogram; Electro-Acupuncture

Regarding the effects of electro-acupuncture for severe hypertension, we assessed its acute cardiovascular consequences with 4 subjects of the chronic atrioventricular block dogs having severe hypertension and chronic heart failure. The electro-acupuncture consisting of 2 mA at 2 Hz frequency was ca...