Thoracic Spinal Cord Stimulation Improves Cardiac Contractile Function and Myocardial Oxygen Consumption in a Porcine Model of Ischemic Heart Failure

Abstract

In a porcine model of ischemic HF, acute SCS improved global and regional LV contractile function and intraventricular dyssynchrony, and decreased myocardial oxygen consumption without elevation of norepinephrine level.