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. 1988 Dec;43(12):1017–1018. doi: 10.1136/thx.43.12.1017

Conditioning of the diaphragm by phrenic nerve pacing in primary alveolar hypoventilation.

P G Wilcox 1, P D Paré 1, J A Fleetham 1
PMCID: PMC461624  PMID: 3266377

Abstract

A patient with respiratory muscle weakness due to alveolar hypoventilation was treated with nocturnal bilateral phrenic nerve pacing for one year. Treatment was associated with a progressive increase in diaphragmatic strength and endurance.

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