NEURO-CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY - INNOVATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE

Surgery on the conduction system and the nervous system of the heart using peripheral nervous tissue, Purkinje fibers or biophysical means may be applied to the treatment of arrythmias. Coronary artery disease may be related to the state of depolarization of the myocardial cells, local electrical and magnetic fields, the state of local innervation of coronary blood vessels, the activity of the specialized conducting system, and higher CNS centers. This association may be relevant to the treatment and possibly, to the prevention of coronary artery disease.