Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation: retrospective assessment of cardiac safety in a pilot study
Kreuzer PM, Landgrebe M, Husser O, Resch M, Schecklmann M, Geisreiter F, Poeppl TB, Prasser SJ, Hajak G, Langguth B
Frontiers in Psychiatry · 2012
Key finding
Retrospective cardiac assessment of 24 chronic tinnitus patients found taVNS was generally safe, with two cardiac adverse events judged very unlikely to be device-related.
- Condition
- Tinnitus
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Observational / Cohort
- Participants
- 24
Cite this study
Kreuzer, P. M., Landgrebe, M., Husser, O., Resch, M., Schecklmann, M., Geisreiter, F., Poeppl, T. B., Prasser, S. J., Hajak, G., & Langguth, B. (2012). Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation: retrospective assessment of cardiac safety in a pilot study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00070
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