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Acute electromyostimulation Decreases Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Patients with Advanced Chronic Heart Failure (EMSICA Study)

BACKGROUND: Muscle passive contraction of lower limb by neuromuscular electrostimulation (NMES) is frequently used in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients but no data are available concerning its action on sympathetic activity. However, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is able to i...

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Autores principales: Labrunée, Marc, Despas, Fabien, Marque, Philippe, Guiraud, Thibaut, Galinier, Michel, Senard, Jean Michel, Pathak, Atul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24265770
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079438