Minimally Invasive Transtracheal Cardiac Plexus Block for Sympathetic Neuromodulation

Bilateral thoracoscopic stellectomy has antiarrhythmic effects, however, the procedure is invasive with associated morbidity. Sympathetic nerves from both stellate ganglia form the deep cardiac plexus (CP) in the aortopulmonary window (APW), anterior to the trachea.

Source: Heart Rhythm - August 1, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Fabrizio R. Assis, Diana H. Yu, Xun Zhou, Sunjeet Sidhu, Anisha Bapna, Zoar J. Engelman, Satish Misra, David R. Okada, Jonathan Chrispin, Ronald Berger, Kaushik Mandal, Hans Lee, Harikrishna Tandri Source Type: research