Focal atrial fibrillation: Experimental evidence for a pathophysiologic role of the autonomic nervous system

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 592-599

  Schauerte, Patrick ^a,b   Scherlag, Benjamin J ^a   Patterson, Eugene ^a   Scherlag, Michael A ^a   Matsudaria, Kagari ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Lazzara, Ralph ^a   Jackman, Warren M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nerve stimulation; Focal atrial activation; High frequency electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0034999224     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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