THORACIC AORTA AND VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION
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1. A method, comprising:
- identifying a subject as suffering from a condition selected from the group consisting of congestive heart failure, diastolic heart failure, and hypertension; and
in response to the identifying;
placing an electrode on a vagus nerve of the subject at a vagal site that is between (a) a vagal bifurcation with a thoracic cardiac branch of the subject, and (b) thoracic vagal branching into the esophageal plexus of the subject; and
treating the subject by driving a current into the vagal site, via the electrode.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described including identifying a subject as suffering from a condition selected from the group consisting of congestive heart failure, diastolic heart failure, and hypertension. In response to the identifying, an electrode is placed on a vagus nerve of the subject at a vagal site that is between (a) a vagal bifurcation with a thoracic cardiac branch of the subject, and (b) thoracic vagal branching into the esophageal plexus of the subject. The subject is treated by driving a current into the vagal site, via the electrode. Other embodiments are also described.
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying a subject as suffering from a condition selected from the group consisting of congestive heart failure, diastolic heart failure, and hypertension; and in response to the identifying; placing an electrode on a vagus nerve of the subject at a vagal site that is between (a) a vagal bifurcation with a thoracic cardiac branch of the subject, and (b) thoracic vagal branching into the esophageal plexus of the subject; and treating the subject by driving a current into the vagal site, via the electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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identifying a subject as suffering from a condition selected from the group consisting of congestive heart failure, diastolic heart failure, and hypertension; and in response to the identifying; placing an electrode on an aorta of the subject at an aortic site that is between first and fifth intercostal arteries of the subject; and treating the subject by driving a current into the aortic site, via the electrode. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for use with one or more non-coronary blood vessels of a subject, and a body of a subject, comprising:
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at a first location in a vicinity of one of the blood vessels, detecting an electric signal that is indicative of electrical activity at the first location due to a cardiac cycle of the subject; and responsively thereto, generating an output at a location selected from the group consisting of;
the first location, and a second location within the subject'"'"'s body that is different from the first location. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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