Low-Level Transcutaneous Electrical Vagus Nerve Stimulation Suppresses Atrial Fibrillation - Stavrakis, Stavros; Humphrey, Mary Beth; Scherlag, Benjamin J.; Hu, Yanqing; Jackman, Warren M.; Nakagawa, Hiroshi; Lockwood, Deborah; Lazzara, Ralph; Po, Sunny S. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2015)
Keywords: Anticoagulants; atrial fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation - blood; Atrial Fibrillation - therapy; autonomic nervous system; C-Reactive Protein - analysis; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiology; Cardiovascular; Catheters; Electrocardiography; Female; Heart failure; Heart rate; Humans; inflammation; Laboratories; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; neuromodulation; Tragus; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation - methods; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - blood; Vagus Nerve Stimulation - methods; CRP; autonomic nervous system; IL; AF; AH; GP; LLVNS; TNF; neuromodulation; atrial fibrillation; inflammation; AV; AERP; CANS; LLTS; HF; C-reactive protein; ganglionated plexi; atrial effective refractory period; low-level tragus stimulation; interleukin; heart failure; atrial-His; cardiac autonomic nervous system; low-level vagus nerve stimulation; atrioventricular; tumor necrosis factor