High Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation f or Unstable Angina Pectoris
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Vol. 56 (1) , 20-27
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000099389
Abstract
Twelve patients with grade IV unstable angina were treated with high cervical spinal cord stimulation (SCS). All patients had been previously treated with maximal tolerated doses of β-blockers and calcium antagonists and had no possibility of revascularization surgery or intraluminal angioplasty. Multipolar electrodes were implanted using a percutaneous technique, and the parameters of Stimulation were pulse width 0.1 ms, frequency 120 Hz, intensity that caused no unpleasant paresthesias, with two periods of 4 h ''on'' daily. After a mean follow-up of 9.8 ± 8.2 months the clinical results show a significant reduction in the number of angina attacks (pKeywords
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