The efficacy of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in heart failure management - a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sun Z, Liu L, Peng H, Zhang R
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders · 2025
Key finding
The analysis included ten RCTs involving a collective sample of 374 patients with HF.
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- Condition
- Heart Failure
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Systematic Review / Meta-Analysis
- Participants
- 374
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Sun, Z., Liu, L., Peng, H., & Zhang, R. (2025). The efficacy of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in heart failure management - a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-025-04919-x
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