Heterogeneous atrial denervation creates substrate for sustained atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 2608-2614

  Olgin, Jeffrey E ^a   Sih, Haris J ^a   Hanish, Steven ^a   Jayachandran, J Vijay ^a   Wu, Jiashin ^a   Zheng, Qi Huang ^b   Winkle, Wendy ^b   Mulholland, G Keith ^b   Zipes, Douglas P ^a   Hutchins, Gary ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrillation; Hydroxyephedrine; Nervous system, autonomic; Phenol; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DENERVATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032497901     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.23.2608     Document Type: Article

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