This document discusses, among other things, apparatus, systems, and
methods for transvascularly stimulation of a nerve or nerve trunk. In an
example, an apparatus is configured to transvascularly stimulate a nerve
trunk through a blood vessel. The apparatus includes an expandable
electrode that is chronically implantable in a blood vessel proximate a
nerve trunk. The expandable electrode is configured to abut a
predetermined surface area of the vessel wall along a predetermined
length of the vessel. An electrical lead is coupled to the expandable
electrode. An implantable pulse generator is coupled to the lead and
configured to deliver an electrical stimulation signal to the electrode
through the lead. In an example method, an electrical signal is delivered
from an implanted medical device to an electrode chronically implanted in
a blood vessel proximate a nerve trunk to transvascularly deliver neural
stimulation from the electrode to the nerve trunk.