Why the study?
Does thoracic spinal cord stimulation reduce the risk of ischemic ventricular arrhythmias in a canine model of postinfarction heart failure?
Population
22 dogs with healed anterior myocardial infarction and superimposed heart failure induced by rapid…
Comparison
Thoracic spinal cord stimulation applied at the… vs No SCS before transient myocardial ischemia
Design
Preclinical, Randomly assigned to receive SCS or no SCS before the first or…
Authors
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SCS shows promise against ischemic VT/VF in canines; leaves open translation to human postinfarction HF.
Does thoracic spinal cord stimulation reduce the risk of ischemic ventricular arrhythmias in a canine model of postinfarction heart failure?
Thoracic spinal cord stimulation significantly reduces the risk of ischemic ventricular arrhythmias in a canine model of postinfarction heart failure, likely through antisympathetic effects.
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