Patent ID: 8036745
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A treatment method, comprising: identifying a subject as one who is selected to undergo an interventional medical procedure; and in response to the identifying, reducing a likelihood of a potential adverse effect of the procedure, wherein the potential adverse effect is postoperative atrial fibrillation, by applying an electrical current to a parasympathetic site of the subject selected from the group consisting of: a vagus nerve of the subject, an epicardial fat pad of the subject, a pulmonary vein of the subject, a carotid artery of the subject, a carotid sinus of the subject, a coronary sinus of the subject, a vena cava vein of the subject, a jugular vein of the subject, a right ventricle of the subject, a parasympathetic ganglion of the subject, and a parasympathetic nerve of the subject, wherein applying the current comprises commencing applying the current after the subject concludes undergoing the procedure.