Catheter ablation of cardiac autonomic nerves for prevention of vagal atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 2774-2780

  Schauerte, P ^a   Scherlag, B J ^a   Pitha, J ^a   Scherlag, M A ^a   Reynolds, D ^a   Lazzara, R ^a   Jackman, W M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ablation; Electrophysiology; Fibrillation; Nervous system, autonomic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DOG; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 0034727715     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.22.2774     Document Type: Article

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