Tachycardias, which respond to vagal maneuvers or other cholinergic agents like adenosine, are usually due to re-entry and involve the compact region of the atrioventricular (AV) node. Vagal ...

the vagus nerve can be activated by loud singing, humming, chanting, gargling water, taking slow, deep breaths from the belly, practicing yoga, immersing in cold water and getting a massage.

The classic work of Weiss and his associates 6–8 produced the classification of four types of carotid-sinus syncope: first, the vagal type ... light pressure or massage is applied with the ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy is a treatment for epilepsy that involves a stimulator (or 'pulse generator') which is connected, inside the body, to the left vagus nerve in the neck. The stimulator ...

These patients were subjected to CNA after demonstration of the existence of a dominant functional component (extrinsic, vagal) underlying the bradyarrhythmic ... tilt up test and carotid sinus ...

If you have seizures which can’t be controlled with epilepsy medicines, and you are not able to have epilepsy brain surgery, then vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy may be an option for you. The ...

Methods We report out preliminary experience with a real time AI assistance software, Neuro-Vascular Assist (iMed technologies, Tokyo, Japan), in six patients who underwent carotid artery stenting.

Over the last several decades, vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has evolved from a treatment ... reflect the thyroid superiorly and the left sternocleidomastoid inferiorly to expose the carotid fossa. No ...