A treatment method is provided, including 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 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.