Clinical outcome of electrical transcutaneous auricular vagal stimulation in patients with stable symptomatic chronic heart failure - A pilot study
In patients with CHF, Ta-VNS effectively improved 6-minutes walking distance while no such effect was observed in the sham intervention group. Further investigation of this finding in a larger patient collective might be of interest.
Authors
- Regina Patricia Schukro
- Sabine Sator (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5674-1380)
- Christoph Schukro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8604-7042)
- Asami Naka
- Sibylle Pramhas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1412-3648)
Institutions
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Complementary Therapies in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2025.103225
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.84
Funders
- Medizinische Universität Wien