ACTIVATION OF CARDIAC ALPHA RECEPTORS BY SPINAL CORD STIMULATION PRODUCES CARDIOPROTECTION AGAINST ISCHEMIA, ARRHYTHMIAS, AND HEART FAILURE

摘要

The present invention relates in general to methodologies for the treatment quenching preconditioning and communication between the peripheral cardiac nervous system and an electrical stimulus. In particular, the present invention utilizes spinal cord stimulation to alter and/or affect the peripheral cardiac nervous system and thereby protect cardiac function.