TY - JOUR
T1 - Vagus nerve stimulation
T2 - An evolving adjunctive treatment for cardiac disease
AU - Akdemir, Barış
AU - Benditt, David G
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by Turkish Society of Cardiology.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The vagus nerve is a major component of the autonomic nervous system and plays a critical role in many body functions including for example, speech, swallowing, heart rate and respiratory control, gastric secretion, and intestinal motility. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) refers to any technique that stimulates the vagus nerve, with electrical stimulation being the most important. Implantable devices for VNS are approved therapy for refractory epilepsy and for treatment-resistant depression. In the case of heart disease applications, implantable VNS has been shown to be beneficial for treating heart failure in both preclinical and clinical studies. Adverse effects of implantable VNS therapy systems are generally associated with the implantation procedure or continuous on-off stimulation. The most serious implantation-associated adverse effect is infection. The effectiveness of non-invasive transcutaneous VNS for epilepsy, depression, primary headaches, heart failure, and other conditions remains under investigation. VNS merits further study for its potentially favorable effects on cardiovascular disease, especially heart failure.
AB - The vagus nerve is a major component of the autonomic nervous system and plays a critical role in many body functions including for example, speech, swallowing, heart rate and respiratory control, gastric secretion, and intestinal motility. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) refers to any technique that stimulates the vagus nerve, with electrical stimulation being the most important. Implantable devices for VNS are approved therapy for refractory epilepsy and for treatment-resistant depression. In the case of heart disease applications, implantable VNS has been shown to be beneficial for treating heart failure in both preclinical and clinical studies. Adverse effects of implantable VNS therapy systems are generally associated with the implantation procedure or continuous on-off stimulation. The most serious implantation-associated adverse effect is infection. The effectiveness of non-invasive transcutaneous VNS for epilepsy, depression, primary headaches, heart failure, and other conditions remains under investigation. VNS merits further study for its potentially favorable effects on cardiovascular disease, especially heart failure.
KW - Atrial fibrillation
KW - Heart failure
KW - Vagus nerve stimulation
KW - Ventricular arrhythmia
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U2 - 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2016.7129
DO - 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2016.7129
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27723668
AN - SCOPUS:84994231691
SN - 2149-2263
VL - 16
SP - 804
EP - 810
JO - Anatolian Journal of Cardiology
JF - Anatolian Journal of Cardiology
IS - 10
ER -