Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. BACKGROUND--Electrical stimulation of the phrenic nerve is a useful non-volitional method of assessing diaphragm contractility.

The cochlear nerve, also known as part of the vestibulocochlear or auditory nerve, is a sensory nerve responsible for hearing. It travels from the cochlea, a spiral-shaped structure in the inner ear, ...

The greater petrosal nerve branches off of the facial nerve in the skull. Along with a chain of other nerves, it innervates (provides nerve function to) the lacrimal gland, which produces tears. The ...

The Identity pacemaker models 5370 and 5376 feature AF management, a suite of therapeutic and diagnostic capabilities designed to manage pacemaker patients suffering from AF. This tool kit includes: ...

Cinacalcet for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance dialysis therapy TA117 24 January 2007 24 January 2007 Methadone and buprenorphine ...

Cinacalcet for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance dialysis therapy TA117 24 January 2007 24 January 2007 Methadone and buprenorphine ...

CHICAGO — When a female patient received a pacemaker at the Frankel Cardiovascular Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and died shortly after with the brand-new and fully ...

The Wanted singer, 36, had a pacemaker fitted days before Christmas ... "Maybe it's touching a nerve and it'll go away in time or they might have to move a wire slightly but I'm all ears because ...

The singer had been sent home for Christmas after having a pacemaker fitted during a two ... “Hopefully it’s maybe a nerve touching it and it’ll go away in time, or maybe they may have ...

The Accent MRI pacemaker, with the Tendril MRI lead, is an MRI conditional system, offering safe performance of a full-body MRI scan on the patient using a 1.5 T (Tesla) field-strength MRI scanner.

No cases of periprocedural mortality, phrenic nerve palsy or oesophageal injury were reported ... ischaemic attack (n=1), acute coronary syndrome requiring intervention (n=1), sinus node disease ...