The autonomic nervous system and cardiac arrhythmias: current concepts and emerging therapies

N Herring, M Kalla, DJ Paterson - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2019 - nature.com
Research into cardiac autonomic control has received great interest in the past 20 years,
and we are now at a critical juncture with regard to the clinical translation of the experimental …

Arrhythmias in pregnancy

KP Tamirisa, U Elkayam, JE Briller, PK Mason… - Clinical …, 2022 - jacc.org
Increasing maternal mortality and incidence of arrhythmias in pregnancy have been noted
over the past 2 decades in the United States. Pregnancy is associated with a greater risk of …

Cardiac sympathetic denervation for refractory ventricular arrhythmias

M Vaseghi, P Barwad, FJ Malavassi Corrales… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
Background: Cardiac sympathetic denervation (CSD) has been shown to reduce the burden
of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shocks in small series of patients with …

Efficacy of stellate ganglion blockade in managing electrical storm: a systematic review

L Meng, CH Tseng, K Shivkumar, O Ajijola - JACC: Clinical …, 2017 - jacc.org
Objectives: The study sought to characterize the efficacy of stellate ganglion block (SGB) as
a treatment for electrical storm (ES). Background: The efficacy of percutaneous SGB for …

The autonomic nervous system and ventricular arrhythmias in myocardial infarction and heart failure

P Wu, M Vaseghi - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ventricular arrhythmias (VA) can range in presentation from asymptomatic to cardiac arrest
and sudden cardiac death (SCD). Sustained ventricular tachycardias/ventricular fibrillation …

Cardiac sympathetic innervation via middle cervical and stellate ganglia and antiarrhythmic mechanism of bilateral stellectomy

T Irie, K Yamakawa, D Hamon… - American Journal …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Cardiac sympathetic denervation (CSD) is reported to reduce the burden of ventricular
tachyarrhythmias [ventricular tachycardia (VT)/ventricular fibrillation (VF)] in cardiomyopathy …

[HTML][HTML] Parasympathetic dysfunction and antiarrhythmic effect of vagal nerve stimulation following myocardial infarction

M Vaseghi, S Salavatian, PS Rajendran, D Yagishita… - JCI insight, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Myocardial infarction causes sympathetic activation and parasympathetic dysfunction, which
increase risk of sudden death due to ventricular arrhythmias. Mechanisms underlying …

Stellate ganglia and cardiac sympathetic overactivation in heart failure

YL Li - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heart failure (HF) is a major public health problem worldwide, especially coronary heart
disease (myocardial infarction)-induced HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), which …

Ageing, the autonomic nervous system and arrhythmia: from brain to heart

KR Chadda, OA Ajijola, M Vaseghi, K Shivkumar… - Ageing research …, 2018 - Elsevier
An ageing myocardium possesses significant electrophysiological alterations that
predisposes the elderly patient to arrhythmic risk. Whilst these alterations are intrinsic to the …

The short-chain fatty acid propionate improved ventricular electrical remodeling in a rat model with myocardial infarction

M Zhou, D Li, K **e, L Xu, B Kong, X Wang, Y Tang… - Food & Function, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) propionate (C3), a microorganism metabolite produced by
gut microbial fermentation, has parasympathetic-activation effects. The cardiac autonomic …