Ventricular rate control by selective vagal stimulation is superior to rhythm regularization by atrioventricular nodal ablation and pacing during atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1853-1858

  Zhuang, Shaowei ^a   Zhang, Youhua ^a   Mowrey, Kent A ^a   Li, Jianbo ^a   Tabata, Tomotsugu ^a   Wallick, Don W ^a   Popović, Zoran B ^a   Grimm, Richard A ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a   Mazgalev, Todor N ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrioventricular node; Fibrillation; Hemodynamics; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0036787641     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000031802.58532.04     Document Type: Article

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