摘要 |
<p>The present invention provides a method of controlling cardiac fibrillation, tachycardia, or cardiac arrhythmia by the use of an electrophysiology catheter (10) having a tip section (12) that contains at least one stimulating electrode (14, 16), the electrode being stably placed at a selected intravascular location. The electrode is connected to a stimulating means (18). Stimulation is applied across the wall of the vessel, trans-vascularly, to a sympathetic or parasympathetic nerve that innervates the heart at a strength sufficient to depolarize the nerve, and effect the control of the heart.</p> |